Featured

Do you own a timeshare?  My condolences. You have the equivalent of a sticky bomb in your portfolio. For many timeshare owners, what once seemed like a great vacation investment can quickly become a financial burden. Rising maintenance fees, restrictive timeshare contracts, and limited resale options often leave owners searching for a legal way out. If you are trying to get rid of a timeshare legally, understanding your options — and...

The Year of MMXX. Make Your Plans Now Is 2020 going to be a great year or what?   We can look forward to the census, a presidential election and a Congress incentivized to pass crowd-pleasing legislation.  Thank goodness it is a leap year so we get an extra day to figure it all out. Let us turn for a moment from the national scene and welcome in MMXX by taking stock...

For many, many years  –  from the stone age through 2011, to be exact  –  attorneys in Texas regularly recommended trusts to their clients as a way to minimize or avoid estate taxes. A lot of clients heeded the siren song, and hundreds, nay, thousands, of trusts were formed. The trust documents were sent home with the clients, who, naturally, put them away in very safe and secret places. So...