Sheppard, Brett, Stewart, Hersch, & Kinsey, P.A. Attorneys at Law

Monthly Archives: May 2008

The Alcoholic Beneficiary

Today I’m going to tackle a most difficult subject - when a beneficiary of one’s estate has a dependency problem. The dependency may be related to alcohol, gambling or drugs (either prescription or illegal). The issue when one has a spouse, child or grandchild who struggles with these problems is how to deal with them […]

Breaking Rules or Finding Loopholes?

When my oldest daughter Gabi was just two years old, I knew that she had a bit of my tax lawyer instincts to find loopholes in the law. Gabi wanted to eat a small muffin while watching one of her favorite television shows. The tiled kitchen floor was adjacent to the living room and television, […]