It has been several years since Michael Jakson’s death, yet his estate continues to have trouble. Anyone in El Paso who has been following the story knows that the Jackson estate has been battling with the Internal Revenue Service over just how much …

A new study has found that baby boomers are nearly twice as likely to make charitable gifts as the next most likely generation. Since boomers are responsible for 43 percent of charitable giving, it is safe to say that there are likely many people bet…

The term estate planning itself tends to lean towards the idea that these plans only matter after we are gone. It is true that a large part of the focus is placed on how our assets will be distibuted after death, but let us not forget that these tool…

There are likely mixed emotions in El Paso about the Supreme Court of the United States’s decision earlier this summer to strike down a clause in the federal Defense of Marriage Act that denied federal recognition of same-sex marriage. Regardless of …

This blog has frequently mentioned estate taxes, but we cannot stress enough how important it is to talk to an estate planning lawyer about these taxes when making important end-of-life decisions. Although any estate planning attorney in Culberson Co…