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CHRISTOPHER B. JOHNSON
ATTORNEY AT LAW
(888) 838-8771

11
JAN
2016

Benefits of a Special Needs Trust

Carol Morgan’s son has Downs Syndrome. While Carol marvels at her son’s ability to adapt, she sometimes worries that Daniel will not be properly supported when she is gone. Her anxiety is shared by hundreds of thousands of parents around the country. Ease of Mind with a Special...
28
DEC
2015

Estate Planning 101: It’s All About Your Children

Creating an estate plan is not always an easy task. It is natural to want to avoid thinking about death. Some people believe that an estate is not of enough value to warrant working with an estate planning attorney. The fact is that if you do not put an estate plan in place, the...
07
DEC
2015

Inheritance Attorney Pasadena: Fighting with Family Over Inheritances

It’s a situation that we’ve seen play out in dramas throughout history and in cultures across the world: a family loses a loved family member, but rather than coming together in grief, family members find themselves fighting over who is entitled the deceased’s property, and...
30
NOV
2015

Celebrity Estates In The News

While millions of fans are saddened by news about celebrities who pass away, these stories frequently have added drama as various heirs fight over the distribution of the estate. These stories remind us that having a well-crafted estate plan is crucial if you hope that your...
09
NOV
2015

Easy Pasadena Estate Planning Tips

Many people have estate planning all wrong. Concerns about the morbid nature of the process and the feeling that they have all the time in the world ultimately keep many individuals and families from doing this very important legal activity until it is too late. The truth is that...
26
OCT
2015

Consulting A Pasadena Estate Planning Attorney Before Writing Someone Out Of Your Will

Your will is not a static document but rather a reflection of your current intentions—a reality that makes it important to revisit all your estate planning documents anytime something changes in your life. One such change is when you wish to write a person out of your will. This...
05
OCT
2015

How a digital executor can honor your online legacy

Most people hope the last things they think about when they die will be loved ones, memories of times with great friends, or even profound thoughts on life. Nobody wants to think about their online legacy and worry that once they’re gone someone is going to look up the strange...
21
SEP
2015

All the Things That Can Go Wrong if You Write Your Own Will

As brilliant, loyal and reliable as he may be, you cannot legally leave money or property to your dog when you are gone. This scenario played out in the California Supreme Court years ago when a woman named Thelma Russell designated the division of assets in her will between...
31
AUG
2015

Avoiding and Resolving Common Inheritance Disputes

A hit song from the 1980s warned us that “money changes everything.” Sadly, nowhere do we see this played out in real life more so than in disputes over inheritances between family members and other would-be heirs of a recently deceased individual. Well-intentioned people...
10
AUG
2015

What are Digital Assets?

As everyone, especially younger people (those under the age of 40), become more and more technologically dependent and accumulating an overflow of digital assets, the development of their first estate plan takes on a brand new meaning.  Simply put, a digital asset is anything...
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