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Legendary baseball player Ernie Banks, known to fans as "Mr. Cub," passed away recently. Now it appears that there are two disputes involving his passing, including a will contest. Before passing away, Ernie Banks suffered a protracted illn… Read More

Several family run sports teams have failed over the years and the families have been forced to sell the teams. Some of the reasons for the failures can be enlightening for other family owned businesses if they wish to survive after the founder passe… Read More

In the immediate aftermath of Robin Williams' death it appeared that his estate had been well-planned and no arguments over it were expected. However, it now seems that a battle is brewing in court.   After the suicide of Robin Williams, th… Read More

By the basic meaning of its title, it would seem that an irrevocable trust cannot be revoked. However, in Louisiana, a battle is waging over whether or not that is always true.   Tom Benson is believed to control the largest fortune in the state… Read More

…More than 40% of women and more than half of men over 50 who get divorced end up remarrying, according to Census Bureau data. For folks like these, all sorts of financial considerations can complicate the question of whether and how to go about re… Read More

With more than 50 percent of first marriages failing and 75 percent of the partners remarrying, “blended” families — which include children from earlier unions — have become the norm. When you have a mixture of children and parents of various… Read More

Numerous studies show a senior widower is much less likely to stay single than his female counterpart… [and that] often leaves the question of how the father can protect the children’s inheritance if there is a second wife in the picture. In that… Read More

One could only imagine what George Jefferson — the wise-cracking character who was “movin’ on up” on the 1970′s TV hit, The Jeffersons — would have said about this predicament.  The body of actor Sherman Hemsley, who played George Je… Read More