On Thursday, March 26, 2020, the Kentucky Supreme Court extended the court closings two more weeks. Courts will be open for very few cases through Friday, April 24, 2020. The details are in the order, which is linked here.
Worthington Law Firm will be working remotely as long as #healthyathome is the Commonwealth’s policy and law. We expect that the decision to change that will be driven by data and expert recommendations. We will be available to meet for document signings. For those meetings, we’ll follow the CDC’s recommendations…Read More
Chief Justice Minton has issued an emergency order, AdminOrder2020-08ReCOVID-19Emergency, cancelling in-person court appearances for most matters. The order is effective from March 16, 2020 through April 10, 2020. Based on phone calls I’ve made, the circuit court clerks and chief district and circuit court judges will…Read More
A new law that has important financial and estate planning implications takes effect January 1, 2020. Everyone will need to review their planning but it particularly means that parents who have trusts for minor or young adult children should review and possibly amend their estate plans very soon. Doing so…Read More
Jim will be the speaker at the EPCML dinner meeting on Thursday, November 21, 2019. He will be presenting on recent developments in Kentucky estate and trust law, including Kentucky’s adoption of the Uniform Law Commission’s 2018 Revised Uniform Law on Notarial Acts. A copy of his presentation is available…Read More
The expansion comes through opening an office in Asheville, North Carolina to offer sophisticated estate planning and a high level of personal service to the growing population there. Expanding my practice will benefit all of my clients because of the greater range of issues I will have a chance to…Read More
The cardboard boxes haven’t been recycled yet, and you still can’t find your kitchen gadgets. Do you really need to be thinking about your estate plan? Yes. That’s the short answer. The more important question is: How quickly do you need to take care of this?
For many clients, a prenuptial agreement is an important part of their estate plan. People often think of prenuptial agreements as planning for divorce and think they spell doom for the marriage. That’s a short-sighted view. Talking through a carefully considered prenup is a healthy way for a…Read More
Lawyers, real estate professionals, and consumers will see some fundamental changes when Senate Bill 114 takes effect on January 1, 2020. Secretary of State Alison Lundergan Grimes and Senator Morgan McGarvey worked hard to support this law, which adopts the Uniform Law Commission’s 2018 Revised Law on Notarial…Read More
Different generations view family heirlooms through their unique lenses. (For a general discussion of the generations over the last 75 years, see this Society for Human Resource Management blog post. Your author tested that link and all others in this post on August 4, 2019.) The Baby Boomers…Read More
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