You created a revocable living trust and think you are covered. You might be wrong. The most important step after signing your trust is funding – the process of transferring your assets into the trust. Without this step, the trust may not control everything you...
When a recent post in the Facebook group RimEverything asked neighbors where to find a small space heater because “the owners said they’re not coming to fix it until it gets super incredibly cold,” the replies were full of local empathy – and quiet frustration. It’s a...
When it comes to planning for future medical care, two documents often create confusion: the Advance Health Care Directive (AHCD) and the POLST (Physician Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment). While both are important, they serve different purposes. Understanding how...
By RHEA-FRANCES TETLEY Historian Several families are traveling together in heavily laden wagons to take a multi-week camping trip to Kuffel Canyon near Little Bear Valley to escape the sizzling late-summer, early-fall days of 1905. The horse-drawn wagons are...
Back in the day – don’t recall exactly which day it was – my dear friend Helen of Leeds used to visit us here at Motley Manor several times a year. By the way, Leeds is a town in northern England where The Who recorded their “Live at Leeds” album. On her last visit,...
When it comes to estate planning in California, one of the most important things to understand is the difference between community property and separate property. Because California is one of only a handful of community property states, how your property is classified...
