It’s Spring! Time For a Little Spring Cleaning. 12 Instances Where You Should Update Your Documents.

April 11, 2022
Bill O’Leary, Esq.
Estate Planning, Last Will and Testament, Will

It's Spring! Time For a Little Spring Cleaning. 12 Instances Where You Should Update Your Documents. 1. You are having your first child. This one should be a no-brainer, and the birth of a first child is usually when people…

Estate Battle with Millions at Stake in New Orleans

March 4, 2021
Bill O’Leary, Esq.
Advanced Directives, Advanced Medical Directives, Agent, Asset Protection, Beneficiary Designations, Celebrity Estates, Elder Care, Elder Law, Estate Plan, Estate Planning, Executor, Healthcare Power of Attorney, Heirs, Inheritance, Last Will and Testament, Legacy, Life Estate, Living Will, Long-Term Care Planning, News, Personal Representative, Power of Attorney, Probate, Probate and Estate/Trust Administration, Real Property, Retirement Accounts, Succession Planning, Successor Trustee, Trustee, Trusts, Will, Will Contest

The widow of car-dealership magnate Ray Brandt filed court papers to evict her family from their Old Metairie compound on Tuesday, the latest escalation of a bitter family battle over control of the massive estate that Brandt left behind when he died in late 2019.

What Does Entertainer Chadwick Boseman’s Estate Look Like?

November 9, 2020
Bill O’Leary, Esq.
Asset Protection, Estate Planning, Intestate, Last Will and Testament, Power of Attorney, Probate and Estate/Trust Administration, Will

The wife of "Black Panther" star Chadwick Boseman is seeking to be appointed administrator of the estate of the beloved actor, who died in August at the age of 43.

What Happens to Debt when You Die?

September 3, 2020
Bill O’Leary, Esq.
Asset Protection, Elder Law, Estate Plan, Estate Planning, Estate Planning Attorney, Estate Tax, Inheritance, Inheritance Tax, Last Will and Testament, Probate and Estate/Trust Administration

Creditors typically try to collect on unpaid debt, by going after the decedent’s estate during a process called probate.