by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Oct 2, 2016 | Dying Embarrassed, Estate Planning, Horror Stories, Probate Admin
Because he left no effective will or estate plan, Swedish author Stieg Larsson’s longtime partner was not entitled to the fortune from his Millennium series of books (and the movies based on them). He lived with Eva Gabrielsson for 30 of his short 50 years on...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Sep 30, 2016 | Dying Embarrassed, Estate Planning, Horror Stories, Probate Admin
Amy Winehouse lived fast and died young — without a will or any other estate planning, of course. Moreover, parents pressured her to divorce her husband yet the romance rekindled and friends say she would have wanted to leave something for her soulmate. Too bad...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Sep 29, 2016 | Dying Embarrassed, Estate Planning, Horror Stories, Probate Admin
The smooth, baritone Barry White never got divorced from his wife even though he was living with someone else. Plus he failed to make a will. All of that added up to years of conflict between his ex-wife, wife and girlfriend. If attacked, do you want to be Victor or...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Sep 28, 2016 | Dying Embarrassed, Estate Planning, Family Protection, Horror Stories, Probate Admin
Tony Curtis had six kids from six marriages, left them nothing in his will except a legacy of litigation. If attacked, do you want to be Victor or Victim? At SacredHonor.US, we hate it when people die embarrassed. And at Protect.FM, we believe good estate plans...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Sep 28, 2016 | Asset Protection, Dying Embarrassed, Estate Planning, Estate Tax, Horror Stories, Tax Planning
Bad planning led to $40 million estate tax bill forcing heirs to sell stock, Chicago Cubs and Wrigley Field. If attacked, do you want to be Victor or Victim? At SacredHonor.US, we hate it when people die embarrassed. And at Protect.FM, we believe good estate plans...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Sep 28, 2016 | Charity, Dying Embarrassed, Estate Planning, Horror Stories
Jackie O’s estate plan provided for an elaborate trust that was supposed to have generated funds for a charity and then give her grandchildren an inheritance. But although her estate was initially valued at $200 million, the actual value dropped to about $18 million,...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Sep 28, 2016 | Dying Embarrassed, Estate Planning, Horror Stories, Probate Admin
King left a great legacy in civil rights before his assassination at the age of 39 in 1968, but he didn’t leave a will or estate plan. That blunder left his family grappling for control of his image and financial legacy even now, decades after his death. If attacked,...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Sep 20, 2016 | Dying Embarrassed, Estate Planning, Horror Stories, Probate Admin
Talk about long probates! President Washington wrote his Last Will and Testament himself, without consulting any “professional character.” The will is dated July 9, 1799, less than six months before his death on December 14, 1799. …. Probate lasted...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Sep 13, 2016 | Asset Protection, Dying Embarrassed, Estate Planning, Horror Stories
This article touches on a few benefits Abe failed to give his family — and there are others I can add, for example the lack of any asset protection planning for survivors. It’s very surprising to many that Abraham Lincoln, an esteemed lawyer in addition to being...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Sep 6, 2016 | Dying Embarrassed, News & Commentary
For decades we’ve heard of Hillary throwing kitchenware offensively, but this may be her first recorded Defensive Glass Use (DGU) — use the “Full Screen” option (but not on a full stomach) to catch all the nauseating detail: Or check out the...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Aug 30, 2016 | Dying Embarrassed, Horror Stories
Hopefully he at least died with his affairs organized. SAN DIEGO – A Garden Grove resident died early Sunday morning after getting run over by a car during his birthday party in San Diego, police said.Jonathan Carlyle Merkley and friends were drinking alcohol at the...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Jun 22, 2016 | Dying Embarrassed, Horror Stories, News & Commentary
Just because you can’t take it with you doesn’t mean you should let the government have it! Celebrities often live firmly in the moment, maintaining lavish lifestyles and basking in the adulation of legions of fans. In fact, it’s likely this very...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Jun 17, 2016 | Dying Embarrassed, Estate Planning, Family Protection
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by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | May 6, 2016 | Dying Embarrassed, Health Planning, Horror Stories, Retirement Planning
“The heating/cooling system in this senior citizen complex is recklessly configured putting this low income, senior citizen population at great risk. In order to cut corners on cost, the owner and management company are responsible for the death of Neal...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | May 4, 2016 | Dying Embarrassed, Estate Admin, Horror Stories, Probate Admin, Trust Admin
Widow vs. children. This happens more commonly than decedents expect before they die. Perhaps a total return unitrust would have worked here. If attacked, do you want to be Victor or Victim? At SacredHonor.US, we hate it when people die embarrassed. And at Protect.FM,...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | May 4, 2016 | Dying Embarrassed, Estate Admin, Horror Stories, Probate Admin, Trust Admin
Whitney Houston’s estate in the news again — death of her daughter and failure to update her plan means assets are back in Whitney’s estate. If attacked, do you want to be Victor or Victim? At SacredHonor.US, we hate it when people die embarrassed....
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | May 4, 2016 | Dying Embarrassed, Estate Admin, Horror Stories, Probate Admin
$300 million and no estate plan? That’s embarrassing enough to turn someone purple. If attacked, do you want to be Victor or Victim? At SacredHonor.US, we hate it when people die embarrassed. And at Protect.FM, we believe good estate plans protect families. We...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Apr 27, 2016 | Dying Embarrassed, Estate Planning, Horror Stories
An estate plan, even a basic one, can allow you a lot of control after death. Where there’s a will, there’s a way: 1-888-WAY-WILL Prince, however, demonstrated a lot less clarity in terms of estate planning.His sister, Tyka Nelson, filed court documents...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Apr 24, 2016 | Dying Embarrassed, Estate Planning, News & Commentary
EXCLUSIVE So far, no one has shown up with a last will and testament for Prince.I am told that it’s likely there is no will despite Prince’s great fortune and holdings. “He thought he’d live until he was one thousand nine hundred and ninety nine years old,” Prince’s...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Mar 11, 2016 | Dying Embarrassed, Estate Admin, Firearm Legacy, Firearm Training, News & Commentary, Probate Admin, Trust Admin
BTW, there is no such thing as a “gun accident” — this was a negligent discharge. Stop a moment and think whether your family is trained at least in the basic rules of gun safety. I can tell you it is very common for family members with absolutely no...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Mar 2, 2016 | Dying Embarrassed, Horror Stories, News & Commentary
Osama bin Laden’s will has just been declassified and we have it here. It’s pretty short, probably prepared on LegalKaboom, nothing specific about transmitting the firearm legacy, the wife-beating legacy, not even pilot lessons. Just an everyday one-page...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Mar 1, 2016 | Dying Embarrassed, Family Protection, Health Planning, Horror Stories, News & Commentary
Avoid embarrassment: http://SacredHonor.US Spike in cases is tied to social media related hook-ups, less condom use and other factors Source: Syphilis outbreak sparks concerns in Las Vegas – CBS News If attacked, do you want to be Victor or Victim? At...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Feb 29, 2016 | Estate Admin, Horror Stories, Probate Admin, Trust Admin
Unfortunately, even a simple, seemingly trivial mistake can turn an otherwise careful transfer of an asset (like a house) into a horror story – and you may not even realize you’ve made a mistake until it’s too late. One Arkansas family currently faces big consequences...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Feb 18, 2016 | Dying Embarrassed
A Russian man died after guzzling a bottle of Viagra to keep him going for a 12-hour orgy with two female pals. The women had bet mechanic Sergey Tuganov $4,300 that he wouldn’t be able to follow through with the half-day sex marathon. But minutes after winning the...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Feb 18, 2016 | Dying Embarrassed
Adolf Frederick died on 12 February 1771 after having consumed a meal consisting of lobster, caviar, sauerkraut, kippers and champagne, which was topped off with 14 servings of his favourite dessert: semla stuffed with almond paste and served in a bowl of hot...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Feb 18, 2016 | Dying Embarrassed
That’s embarrassing: It was then Saturday, and Arius was expecting to assemble with the church on the day following: but divine retribution overtook his daring criminalities. For going out of the imperial palace, attended by a crowd of Eusebian partisans like...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Feb 18, 2016 | Dying Embarrassed
Later in his life, Gödel suffered periods of mental instability and illness. He had an obsessive fear of being poisoned; he would eat only food that his wife, Adele, prepared for him. Late in 1977, she was hospitalized for six months and could no longer prepare her...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Feb 18, 2016 | Dying Embarrassed
Vallandigham died in 1871 in Lebanon, Ohio, at the age of 50, after accidentally shooting himself in the abdomen with a pistol. He was representing a defendant (Thomas McGehan)[citation needed] in a murder case for killing a man in a barroom brawl at the Golden Lamb...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Feb 18, 2016 | Dying Embarrassed
A banana peel I can understand, but an ORANGE peel? Embarrassing: In 1926, while on a publicity tour in New Zealand, Leach injured his leg when he slipped on an orange peel. The leg became infected, and eventually gangrene necessitated the amputation of the leg....
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Feb 18, 2016 | Dying Embarrassed
Bad pill: The Emperor died during one of his tours of Eastern China, on September 10, 210 BC (Julian Calendar) at the palace in Shaqiu prefecture (沙丘平台, Shāqiū Píngtái), about two months away by road from the capital Xianyang.[42][42][72][73] Reportedly, he died due...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Feb 18, 2016 | Dying Embarrassed
For they have eyes, yet cannot see: The hearing was told his body was found in a ditch just 150 yards from his front door.Coroner David Bowen said: “Either he didn’t see or didn’t want to see the ditch, slipped and drowned. Source: Man who pretended...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Feb 18, 2016 | Dying Embarrassed
Be careful what you wish for? Otis died suddenly in May 1783 at the age of 58 when, as he stood in the doorway of a friend’s house, he was struck by lightning. He is reported to have said to his sister, Mercy Otis Warren, “My dear sister, I hope, when God...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Feb 17, 2016 | Dying Embarrassed
How’s this for red-faced: a 21-year-old aspiring rapper, tweeted about driving drunk at 120 mph minutes before dying in a fiery one-car crash that killed the rapper and four others. Source: Ervin McKinness, Aspiring Rapper, Tweets ‘YOLO’ About...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Feb 15, 2016 | Dying Embarrassed
Alcohol and drugs may have had something to do with it, too: On February 25, 1983, Williams was found dead in his suite at the Elysée Hotel in New York at age 71. The medical examiner’s report indicated that he choked to death on the cap from a bottle of eye...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Feb 15, 2016 | Dying Embarrassed
Dr. Frank Ryan, plastic surgeon to Heidi Montag and other celebrities, was sending Twitter messages about his border collie before his fatal car accident. Source: Plastic Surgeon Was Texting Before Fatal Crash – Heidi Montag : People.com If attacked, do you want...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Feb 15, 2016 | Dying Embarrassed
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by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Feb 15, 2016 | Dying Embarrassed
Even Evil Knievel urged him not to do it: A Canadian daredevil, curled up inside a specially designed barrel, plunged from the roof of the Astrodome to his death before 35,000 spectators as the barrel missed a water tank meant to cushion the fall. Source: 35,000 Watch...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Feb 15, 2016 | Dying Embarrassed
Even lawyers can die embarrassed (but never estate planning lawyers!): Police said a lawyer demonstrating the safety of windows in a downtown Toronto skyscraper crashed through a pane with his shoulder and plunged 24 floors to his death. A police spokesman said Garry...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Feb 15, 2016 | Dying Embarrassed
Here’s a way to die embarrassed: an American Boeing engineer residing in Gig Harbor, Washington,[3] died from injuries received during anal sex with a stallion at a farm in an unincorporated area in King County, Washington, near the city of Enumclaw. Source:...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Feb 15, 2016 | Dying Embarrassed
They drowned because their servants were prohibited from touching them. Embarrassing, to say the least. Source: Sunandha Kumariratana – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia If attacked, do you want to be Victor or Victim? At SacredHonor.US, we hate it when people...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Feb 15, 2016 | Dying Embarrassed
A 44-year old Kalispell man is dead after being hit on Highway 93 Sunday night. Troopers say Randy Lee Tenley was wearing an apparently store-bought ghillie suit when two vehicles struck him. Source: Hwy 93 victim dead after alleged Bigfoot stunt | Missoula Local News...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Feb 13, 2016 | Archived, Horror Stories, News & Commentary
Uh-oh: Senior U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Antonin Scalia was found dead of apparent natural causes Saturday on a luxury resort in West Texas, federal officials said. Source: Senior U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Antonin Scalia found dead at West Texas...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Jan 29, 2016 | Dying Embarrassed
At SacredHonor.US, we hate it when people die embarrassed: A South Korean man has died after reportedly playing an online computer game for 50 hours with few breaks. Source: BBC NEWS | Technology | S Korean dies after games session If attacked, do you want to be...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Jan 27, 2016 | Dying Embarrassed
At SacredHonor.US, we hate it when people die embarrassed: Jimi Heselden, owner of Segway, Inc., was killed when he drove his Segway off a cliff and fell 213 feet into a river, apparently backing up to allow room for a dog walker. Source: Jimi Heselden –...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Jan 27, 2016 | Archived, Dying Embarrassed
At SacredHonor.US, we hate it when people die embarrassed: Michigan State Police officials report that Jones became “distracted” while watching the film and lost control of the car, which overturned. Jones, who was not wearing a seat belt, was partially...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Jan 24, 2016 | Estate Planning, Horror Stories
File this under “Estate Planning Horror Stories”: Lots of things can go wrong when parents transfer real property to children outright instead of in trust. Here is just a quick example from a colleague posting on an attorney listserv (see these frequently,...