by hirst | Apr 11, 2018 | Estate Planning, Featured
By, Shaina Case For many people, the highest value asset of their estate is their home. While whether a will or trust centered plan is right for someone varies greatly depending on each person’s goals, assets, and individual situation, Wyoming’s transfer on death deed...
by hirst | Mar 21, 2018 | Estate Planning, Featured, Legal Updates
by: Shaina Case “POLST” stands for “Provider Orders for Life Sustaining Treatment Program.” (Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 35-22-501 et seq.). POLST is not an acronym commonly known among households, attorneys, or medical providers, even though it became effective three years ago...
by hirst | Feb 16, 2018 | Estate Planning, Featured, Legal Updates
By Shaina Case As you recall, charitable trusts allow a donor to set aside assets for one or more charities. Two different types of charitable “split interest” or “mixed” trusts exist: (1) charitable remainder trusts (“CRTs”); and (2) charitable lead trusts (“CLTs”)....
by hirst | Feb 13, 2018 | Estate Planning, Featured
Author: Shaina A. Case A charitable trust allows a donor to set aside assets for one or more charities. Two different types of charitable “split interest” or “mixed” trusts exist: (1) charitable remainder trusts (“CRTs”); and (2) charitable lead trusts (“CLTs”). The...
by hirst | Jan 31, 2018 | Estate Planning, Featured, Legal Updates
By Shaina Case No one likes to envision the scenario in which they have children and then do not have the joy, pride, and pleasure of raising them. No one cares for your own children like you do. Planning and preparing, for what is hopefully a very remote and unlikely...
by hirst | Jan 26, 2018 | Estate Planning, Featured
On January 17, 2018, associate attorney Shaina A. Case presented an overview of estate planning to a local group of small business owners, called Coffee, Business, and More Coffee. The presentation focused on Wyoming’s statutory scheme if someone dies without an...
