Legal Matters
Selecting Guardians for Your Children
Legal Matters Brought to you by: Community Partner Bradford & Holliman, www.bradfordholliman.com While attending a baby shower, a friend in her late 60s wondered if the parents-to-be had taken time to consider very carefully who they would like to be their baby girl’s guardians if they were both gone. That’s so much more important that …
Saluting Our Veterans on the 4th of July
Legal Matters Brought to you by: Community Partner Holliman & Holliman, www.bradfordholliman.com Veterans and their families make up nearly 400,000 of Alabama’s population which ranks 7th highest per capita in the nation. The Veterans Administration (VA), several non-profit and volunteer organizations, and VA-accredited Alabama elder law attorneys help veterans understand Alabama’s VA benefits. VA-accredited Alabama …
Important Questions & Answers About Car Wrecks & Injuries
Legal Matters Presented by: Frank S. Buck, P.C., Personal Injury 1. If I have a car wreck, do I need a lawyer? Yes! There are many obstacles in Alabama insurance law that an experienced lawyer who deals with these issues daily needs to navigate for you. It is important to know that an insurance adjuster …
Managing Your Digital Identity
Legal Matters Brought to you by: Community Partner Bradford & Holliman, www.bradfordholliman.com Two axioms that we estate planning attorneys know only too well are that “no one knows his expiration date,” and “no one checks out leaving a clean desk.” However, you should still leave an estate plan that your executor and heirs can use …
New Chapters of Life
Legal Matters Brought to you by: Community Partner Holliman & Holliman, www.bradfordholliman.com Two major new chapters of life are newly graduated seniors heading off to college and mature seniors retiring and downsizing their homes to retirement communities or even assisted living. Both new chapters need a fresh look at estate plans. Late Teens. For the …
Spring Cleaning… Your Parents’ Attic
Legal Matters Brought to you by: Community Partner Bradford & Holliman, bradfordholliman.com Visiting your mother for Mother’s Day in May or your dad for Father’s Day in June? Consider a small spring-cleaning project in any attics, she-sheds, barns, or storage units. One lady in her seventies measures her progress by the trunk loads she takes …
4 Reasons to Talk About Your Finances
Legal Matters Brought to you by: Community Partner Bradford & Holliman, www.bradfordholliman.com Do you understand your finances? Here are four reasons to know your finances even if your spouse usually manages them. 1. Since women live longer than men and often have older spouses, women are likely to be the surviving spouses impacted by their …
Enrich Your Marriage on Date Nights
Legal Matters Brought to you by: Community Partner Bradford & Holliman, www.bradfordholliman.com What is a Legal Matters article doing discussing date nights to enrich your marriage? Legal matters such as estate plans are a spectacular way of letting each other know now just how important your marriage is by making sure you are on the …
Get Around to It in January
Legal Matters Brought to you by: Community Partner Bradford & Holliman A new year is here. What did you put off last year that is still on your “to do” list? In a great New York Times article in March 2019, Erik Winkowski wrote that “procrastination is about emotions, not productivity.” It’s more fun to …
Strategic Gifts for the Holidays
Legal Matters Brought to you by: Community Partner Bradford & Holliman More than ever, gift giving is fraught with peril this year. Consider the overseas shipping and delivery problems to stores near you, the increasing cost of shipping gifts to your loved ones, the predicted difficulties of timing when your gifts arrive, the possibility of …
