Estate planning takes different forms for many people attempting to accomplish this goal in Nevada. For some, the need to pass on their values as well as their assets is strong. For such people, a new trend of spiritual estate planning may be appealing. This type of...
When Your Life Is On The Line
Month: November 2012
Should police be able to monitor cellphone use without a warrant?
As smart phones have become nearly ubiquitous in Tampa and across the country, the question of how much easy access police officers should have to people's cellphone data is coming up. Courts and state legislatures have struggled to apply the right to privacy that the...
Nevada estate planning may include pets
In the wake of recent weather-related disasters such as tornadoes in the Midwest and Super Storm Sandy on the East Coast, many in Nevada and elsewhere may be considering whether they have appropriate estate plans in place to deal with such disasters. For some, this...
Tampa teen pleads no contest to planning school shooting
On a cellphone video, a 17-year-old male says he is the one who committed a mass shooting at his former Tampa high school. "Well, I will be in a couple months," he said.Despite his prediction, the teen never carried out his plan to attack his former school. However,...
Nevada estate planning could include sale of family business
Readers in Nevada may be interested to learn that the heirs of George Lucas, famed director of the Star Wars movies, may have avoided potential tax problems and planning issues over his high value estate recently. This may be because the director recently sold his...
Florida pastor who tried to house homeless arrested for theft
When the leader of a Florida church filed with the state to have some homeless people occupy two foreclosed homes, she thought that she was doing a legal act. And she says the Florida Property Appraiser's Office did not tell her any different. But the pastor and a...
School bus driver charged with abuse after incident with student
A Tampa-area school bus driver is expected to be charged with a felony count of child abuse after being arrested on Oct. 25. The arrest is in connection with an incident on the suspect's bus that took place between her and an 8-year-old passenger. Authorities say that...
Nevada estate planning could benefit from use of trusts
Many people in Nevada and across the nation believe that they do not need to create an estate plan because of the relative small size of their estate. However, those folks may be surprised to learn that the amount of savings they can achieve in taxes by creative...