Category Archives: Guardianship

Balloon Boy Fallout — Should Heenes Lose Custody of Children if Guilty of Hoax?

Posted on October 22, 2009 by Victor Medina

Amber Watson-Tardiff, who posts a reg­u­lar col­umn on NJ.com about Par­ent­ing Advice for New Jer­sey par­ents asked me to com­ment for an arti­cle she was writ­ing about the fall­out from Bal­loon Boy, includ­ing antic­i­pat­ing court inter­ven­tion with the par­ents. You … Con­tinue read­ing →

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More on Michael Jackson & Estate Planning

Posted on June 26, 2009 by Victor Medina

My friend, and fel­low Per­sonal Fam­ily Lawyer, Can­dice Ais­ton has posted a great arti­cle regard­ing the guardian­ship issues raised by Michael Jackson’s early death. Here are the first two para­graphs and I urge you to visit her site and read the … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Guardianship of Children With Special Needs

Posted on January 26, 2007 by Victor Medina

Two good posts com­ing from Leanna Hamill in Mass­a­chu­setts and Tred­way, Lums­daine & Doyle in Cal­i­for­nia on plan­ning for chil­dren with spe­cial needs.  Among the excel­lent sug­ges­tions are the fol­low­ing: Spe­cial Needs Trust — allow­ing par­ents, grand­par­ents and guardians to … Con­tinue read­ing →

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