Revocable Living Trust

Why You May Need a Revocable Living Trust

Everyone should have the basic documents to protect themselves and their family from the clutches of probate.  However, you may also need to have a revocable living trust. A Living Trust is a collection of documents and instruments that keep your assets from going to probate. Instruments can include setting up a land trust, Limited Liability Corporation, etc. A revocable living trust is one of many types of trusts. The “living” aspect refers to the fact that the trust is created while you’re still alive (as opposed to a testamentary trust). “Revocable” designates the trust as one that you, the…

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Money Draining Probate

Money Draining Probate System is Like a Plague

How can legal professionals have such power over the life of a person, to the point that even family has no voice? It’s called probate court, which can open the door for high-priced professionals to swallow a person’s life savings and the family’s future inheritance. An investigation by the Southern California News Group reveals that conservators, guardians, fiduciaries, their attorneys and judges become almost cliquish in running people’s lives. “Often there is a little buddy-buddy system going on … sometimes a judge has friends who are attorneys,” said Thomas Coleman, a Palm Springs lawyer who specializes in representing the disabled….

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Brian Wiggins

Attorney Steals $2.1 Million from Probate Estate

On March 4, 2020, Brian Wiggins, a lawyer from Xenia, Ohio, was arrested and indicted on 55 criminal counts involving stealing about $2.1 million from a probate estate trust.  The owner of the estate died in 2018 and left an estate valued at more than $3 million.  The money was intended to benefit St. Jude’s Hospital and Smile Train charities. Wiggins, 36, is accused of buying houses, cars, boats, jewelry, gambling at casinos in Las Vegas, paying for a family member’s cosmetic surgery, and paying his child support, according to David Hayes, Greene County Chief trial counsel. The February 27,…

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