Category: Individual & Family Law

By: Rudman Winchell Attorney Brent A. Singer My Mother always told me “If you can’t say something nice about someone, don’t say anything at all.” So it’s a wonder I …

By Rudman Winchell Attorney Jonathan Hunter Maine’s recently adopted state budget includes important changes to Maine’s estate tax. The new budget greatly increases Maine’s estate tax exclusion, bringing it in …

Many people wonder whether they should transfer real estate, usually their home, to their children or another close relative as a protection against possible future long-term care expenses. Given the …

We all know we should have an estate plan to ensure our assets go to the people and organizations we want to have them with as little delay and cost …

By Rudman Winchell Attorney Anthony A. Trask I have written more than once about the difficulty of predicting how much a Maine Family Court will award in alimony in a …

By Rudman Winchell Attorney Anthony A. Trask DIVORCE PAPERS It is a common refrain, “I got served with divorce papers.” We hear it from hapless friends and colleagues from time …

By: Rudman Winchell Attorney Jonathan P. Hunter Maine law permits competent adults and emancipated minors to prepare an advance health-care directive. An advance directive authorizes an agent to make health-care …

By: Rudman Winchell Attorney Anthony Trask (a member of the task force) Nearly a year ago I wrote about being selected to serve on the 2013 Family Division Task Force. …

We all know of David Letterman’s Top 10 List. While this will not be as amusing as David Letterman’s list, below are practical reasons you should dust off your estate …

The Florida Supreme Court recently ruled for two nieces not included in a will drawn up by a testator on an “E-Z Legal Form.” In Aldrich v. Basile (SC11-2147), the testator Ann Aldrich …