Monthly Archives: August 2020
Maryland Adopts Daubert – It’s Taken Many Years
The Maryland Court of Appeals (Maryland’s highest court) on August 28, 2020, delivered a major decision that was many years in the making. The opening pages of the opinion are clear and succinct and are below: Nearly a century ago, the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia announced a new… Read More »
How Not to Revoke A Will – An Example of How the Will Statutes Can Be a Trap for the Unwary
Revocation of a Will You live in Maryland. You had a lawyer prepare and you signed your Will in 2016 leaving your estate to only 2 of your 3 children. You know you have the original somewhere but you haven’t been able to find it. You are divorced with 3 adult children. You know… Read More »
Correcting My Will, Trust, Power of Attorney, Advance Directive, and Other Legal Documents
So, you’ve completed your estate planning documents. You carefully reviewed them. They were duly signed and witnessed and you’ve got them in a safe place. But then you and your spouse were talking and you’ve decided that one of the gifts you put into your Will is now a bad choice. You had given… Read More »