Ronald Hudkins

The problem created by evenly splitting an interest in real property between your heirs.Many parents want to give an equal share of the family home or some other sentimental form of real property (actual land usually) to their surviving children in...

It isn’t just the US Government waiting out there to grab a chunk of your hard earned estate when you become incapacitated or die. Strangely enough, state coffers are frequently enlarged through the mechanism of Medicaid.

Trust and Estates is a rapidly growing area of practice in the law that includes estate planning, managing your estate during life and disposing of your estate at your death through the use of trusts, wills and other planning documents.Learn about...

The core issues revolving around how you can control your financial, legal and health affairs in the event that you become incapacitated require you to consider drafting some important legal documents with the guidance of a lawyer specialized in...

A living will is a document you draft that stipulates what kind of treatment you want or don’t want in the event of an unrecoverable illness or injury that leaves you unable to speak for yourself.

There are many ways to protect assets for your loved ones. One way is to use a living trust. Living Trusts are routinely used by average persons, not just the wealthy, to avoid the high cost, publicity and inconvenience of probate.

There are several different types of trusts that people use for estate planning. While most fall into specific categories, it is important to understand that trusts are highly individual creations – one size does not fit all.