Category Archives: Personal Family Lawyer

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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The President Has An Estate Plan — How About You?

Posted on August 2, 2009 by Victor Medina

Pres­i­dent Barack Obama has been mak­ing the rounds across the coun­try to pro­mote his health care ini­tia­tives. One of the places where Pres­i­dent Obama showed up was an online forum spon­sored by the AARP. In his response to a ques­tion … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Michael Jackson’s Estate Plan — What He Did Right!

Posted on July 6, 2009 by Victor Medina

We’ve become all too used to folks in media twist­ing a story to suit a cer­tain pur­pose. When Michael Jackson’s will was revealed, the media was report­ing that he left every­thing to his Fam­ily Trust and then spec­u­lat­ing as to … 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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Top 4 Approaches To Estate Planning

Posted on June 22, 2009 by Victor Medina

In my expe­ri­ence, peo­ple choose 1 of 4 approaches regard­ing their estate plan­ning. 1) Do Noth­ing. By far, this is the largest seg­ment of the pop­u­la­tion. I often speak to local mom’s groups (younger mar­ket) and ser­vice orga­ni­za­tions (older mar­ket). … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Michael Crichton’s Will — A Change From The Normal

Posted on January 28, 2009 by Victor Medina

Finally — FINALLY — we get a report of a celebrity who has passed away with some proper estate plan­ning in place. Read this, and then come back. I apol­o­gize that the link is com­ing from TMZ (a bit exploitive), but … Con­tinue read­ing →

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