For purposes of this article it is assumed that your assets, including life insurance proceeds, are under the taxable level for estate and gift tax guidelines. If your estate is over the said guidelines more extensive and elaborate estate planning is needed than can be discussed herein. Your estate includes all assets held by you … Read More…
Living Wills
Categories: Estate & ProbateThe purpose of a Living Will is to provide an incompetent person with a means of having their health care decisions accepted. It is used when the incompetent person is in either a terminal or permanently unconscious condition. The Living Will defines which life sustaining treatments they do or do not wish to have performed … Read More…
Do It Yourself Or Do It Right
Categories: DivorceAs published in the column “Ask the Attorney” for a monthly publication. In consultations I have been asked whether the “Do It Yourself” publication for doing your own divorce, as offered on the State of Connecticut’s Judicial Website, (see Resource Links Page for web site link), will allow me to handle my own divorce without … Read More…
Understanding the End User Licensing Agreement
Categories: Business LawAs published in the column “Ask the Attorney” for a monthly publication. WHAT IS AN EULA & WHY DO I ALWAYS HAVE TO AGREE TO THEM BEFORE INSTALLING SOFTWARE? EULA stands for End User Licensing Agreement. When you buy software you are not buying ownership of the product. The EULA provides you with the license … Read More…
Cruise Line Liability Reality
Categories: Business LawAs published in the column “Ask the Attorney” for a monthly publication. A client used his home computer to travel buy tickets on a cruise ship that left out of California and traveled to the Panama Canal. He was injured on the trip while at sea due to the cruise ship’s fault. Since he bought … Read More…