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Breaking News: Estate planning law2012/05/17 Jonathan blattmachr of eagle river advisors delivers speech before estate planning council of st. louisBlattmachr headlined a presentation on estate planning strategies in 2012St. Louis, MO (PRWEB) May 17, 2012 Expert trust and estate planning attorney Jonathan Blattmachr of Eagle River Advisors headlined a presentation on estate planning strategies in 2012 at an event presented by the Estate Planning Council of St. Louis. The event at the Missouri Athletic Club Downtown on May 14, 2012 was well ...  Follow related website bookmark from Reddit: What working in a law office has taught me about our country. Hello there, r/politics! I'm here to explain why I am so pissed off to be in the financial position I, and many others of my generation, are in. I'm a legal secretary in a law office. This means I do 95% of the work of a paralegal, but am not compensated as a paralegal because I do not have the certification. Doing 95% of the work of a paralegal, and 95% of the paperwork for the lawyer, who I'll call Mr. P. I have a college degree, from a rather prestigious University, but Mr. P talks to me like I'm an idiot. This is probably because I'm young and female. That's not terribly good for morale, so I really only do just enough work so as not to raise any eyebrows, but you won't see me being proactive about doing more because there's no way Mr. P would even consider giving me a verbal pat on the back, or a thank you. I know that sounds bratty, but I think it's fairly well established that unless you get some sort of recognition for your hard work (which, for the first 6 months here, I did quite happily), you're eventually just going to realize it's not getting you anywhere. Mr. P is a jack-of-all-trades. He does criminal, bankruptcy, family law, estates, litigation, etc. There has been a large increase in the number of bankruptcies that we handle. And that is where I've become the most bitter. You see, I don't have any credit card debt, nor do I hold a ridiculous mortgage, and I don't have a car loan or anything. I make a moderate salary, and live within my means, and even manage to sock away a little money on occasion (though that usually gets depleted when something happens to my POS car and other such emergencies). But what all this means is, I don't make enough money to pay back my student loans. After the rent, and the car, and the insurance (health and car), and the gas and the food... there's just not much left over. I'm not buying things on credit, and building up some massive amount of debt. All of my debt is old debt. But unlike a lot of these irresponsible asshats who come into this office to file bankruptcy, I don't get that option unless I can prove some very intensely serious hardship. Now, not all of them are asshats, but a lot of them are. And the thing about bankruptcy? The MORE irresponsible you are, the more likely you are able to file. And it just makes you smack your forehead. What is a few years of bad credit compared to getting to start over, completely from scratch? There are people who come in here with more unsecured credit card debt than I have student loan debt. And I've got about 80k of student loan debt. It just makes me sick. I invested in an education, and while it wasn't the most sought after degree for immediate undergraduate work placement, I wasn't planning on *stopping* there. I had plans for graduate work, and post-graduate work. But that 80k number was staring me down, and how was I supposed to justify taking out more loans? I made a fairly responsible decision after, what appears to be, a fairly irresponsible decision. And I don't get help. But some idiots with every major retailer's store credit cards get to completely wipe out that debt, and start over? Just because they proved they could be more irresponsible than I am? Augh. I *want* to pay back my debt. I *want* to go back to school to pursue a career in something that could put me in a better financial position to pay back my debt. But the loans are in default from when I was unemployed, and they won't even talk to me unless I drop a couple thousand upfront and then make payments of $900 a month. I don't even have $900 a month after rent and insurance - and that's not even counting food and gas! And with the loans in default, I can't get federal financial aid. And even community colleges aren't cheap. It's just fucking depressing that my parents were able to discharge their debts in a bankruptcy over 10 years ago, based partly on medical bills and stupid financial decisions (mostly stupid financial decisions), and then they tell ME about personal responsibility when it comes to my own debts. TL;DR - Bankruptcy rewards the irresponsible more Related estate planning law videos 2012-05-21:
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Two more weeks of wait for Ladang Bukit Jalil residents The residents of the disputed Ladang Bukit Jalil in Jalan Puchong were today told to wait another two weeks to find out whether the injunction they have obtained to prevent the Kuala Lumpur City Hall (DBKL)om demolishing their hes can be upheld. Judge Sabariah Mohd uf told a packed courtroom at the High Court in Jalan Duta that she would give her verdict on the injunction application on May 10 after listening to the arguments of representatives of the Ladang Bukit Jalil residents and the legal representatives for DBKL. The residents had earlier obtained an injunction in court to prevent DBKLom demolishing their hes as scheduled on March 15. DBKL the 'ybodies' The argument whether the residents are indeed ex-estate workers or squatter simpliciters, as claimed by DBKL, reigned in the courtroom and became the main bone of contention for both sides. DBKL lawyer Nazrul Zaki Mohd Yu claimed that the residents have not showed enough evidence that they are ex-estate workers, and that there are no documents to properly verify their sta. The plaintiffs, led by lawyers Ragunath Kesavan and Ambiga Sreenivasan, countered by pointing at the inconsistencies in the DBKL's eviction notices. "In their latest eviction notice, they had mentioned aboutpensation money. Why would they offer something like that to people who are squatters?" asked Ragunath. Ragunath also questioned the ownership of the land, as ...
Estate Planning | LII / Legal Information Institute
estate planning: an overview. Estate planning is the process by which an individual or family arranges the transfer of assets in anticipation of death. http://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/Estate_Planning
Estate Planning and Trust Law
This section's focus is on the laws of estate and trust as they affect individuals and heirs. Related areas include family law, taxation, business. http://www.hg.org/estate.html
