Hi San Diego Families! Be sure to sign up for one of our upcoming workshops… 7 Little Known Steps You Must Take to Protect Your Kids In This Crazy World—- Come on our for a free kids’ party and legal workshop where you will learn how to make sure you …
We’re Sorry… We recently placed an ad in the La Jolla Light newspaper that mentioned a family that suffered a tragedy. The parents died suddenly in an accident, leaving three boys. The parents didn’t have a plan in place and the family feuded and spent a lot of time and money in …
If you missed our seminar last Saturday, January 9, 2010, don’t worry, by popular demand we will be holding another free seminar next month… on Thursday, February 4, 2010 or on another Saturday morning date TBD… Be sure to reserve your space on our events page by signing up now …
Well… it’s a house call of sorts. On New Year’s Day I did a Signing Ceremony at our client’s home. A Signing Ceremony is where the clients sign their Living Trust, Wills, Kids Protection Plan (short and long term guardian nominations and a host of other documents to protect and provide for …
No Federal Estate Tax in 2010… at least for now The U.S. Senate finished its work for the year without acting on the Bill the House passed that would have extended the 2009 federal estate tax — any estate over $3.5 million is taxed at 45%. However, with the Senate’s inaction, the Estate …
Lawyers are not permitted to guarantee outcomes. Most law students learn about the “harry hand” case where a doctor guaranteed a surgery and the patient ended up with a harry hand (a skin graft gone awry). We all learned quickly that we cannot guarantee results. Yet, as your San Diego Personal …
On Thursday, December 3, 2009, the House of Representatives passed a bill that would extend the Estate Tax of 45% to all Estates that are over $3.5 million. As previously reported, under current law, only estates valued at $3.5 million and up are taxed. The estate tax is currently scheduled to …
One huge reason to do estate planning “right” — avoid estate litigation and family feuding. Estate planning isn’t something we do for ourselves… we get our legal and financial house in order to protect and provide for our loved ones. Family feuding can destroy relationships… I’ve seen it many times. …
Happy Thanksgiving! At KR Hess Law we wish one and all a most happy and healthy Thanksgiving! For those of you with children, you may be recounting our nation’s history and the pilgrims, or Squanto’s Journey. We added “P is for Pilgrim” to our Thanskgiving reading list this year. As …
Last week I had the privilege and honor of hearing John Bevere discuss everyone’s innate, God-given desire to live an extraordinary life. It is no coincidence that we love stories of super-heroes. We are all born with a desire to be more than just ordinary. And yet, left to our own devices …
