Plan ahead with our estate planning checklist. Chehardy Sherman Williams guides you through each step to protect your legacy and avoid probate.
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As more people explore do-it-yourself legal tools, one question comes up often: Can you set up a trust without an attorney?
For someone working hard towards future success, in a career of choice or as owner of a start-up or growing business, setting an intentional plan is critical to reaching important goals.
When an individual dies, the transfer of his property to his heirs is referred to in Louisiana as his “succession.” While many individuals and attorneys alike tend to complicate this procedure, it actually is quite simple.
The Louisiana Legislature passed a statute which became effective on August 15, 2001 dealing with the “Independent Administration” of Louisiana successions. The statute allows the executor or administrator of an estate to handle all of the matters of the succession without the necessity of obtaining court authority. This eliminates the necessity of running advertisements in
Many businesses, even individuals, don’t think about their property tax liability until the tax bill comes in the mail; and then it may be too late to do anything about it even if it is out of line. Your property tax bill – whether it is for real property, like land and buildings, or for
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