Creative Solutions For Your Kentucky Families Seeking Legal Security
Debt collection activities often start with warning letters and phone calls but may eventually culminate in litigation. When debtors do not respond appropriately to early collection attempts, creditors may have few options other than taking legal action. A...
Your estate executor is the person who will carry out the instructions that you have provided in your estate plan. For example, you allocate certain assets to specific beneficiaries, so the estate executor gathers those assets and distributes them correctly. They also...
Your loved ones might argue over your estate after your passing. Emotions tend to run high, and misunderstandings could escalate into lasting rifts between your family. In Kentucky, having a clear and legally valid will can help you prevent many of these conflicts...
Small businesses often don’t have a lot of wiggle room in the budget. They usually count on prompt payments from customers and clients. Unfortunately, there might be times when those payments don’t come in on time, which may lead to the small business suffering. ...
When you hear the words “estate planning,” you might think about money, property or who inherits what after someone passes away. And while those matters are important, estate planning is also about protecting the people you care about most during life's difficult and...
More than just a piece of land, you may see your farm as your home, your source of income and your family legacy. While your farm may carry personal meaning, it is also a business. Treating personal and farm property the same may work at first, but over time that...
If a family member or close friend has asked you to be the trustee or successor trustee of a trust, it’s critical that you find out more about the trust and what that role would require before you agree. There are multiple types of trusts – and even more types of...
You own a commercial building in Elizabethtown, and your tenant just moved out. The space needs repairs, there is unpaid rent on the books and you are holding a security deposit. Can you keep it? The answer often depends on the specific terms of what the lease says,...
When one of your parents dies with business debts, you may worry those debts will become your responsibility. That concern is common in Kentucky estate cases, especially when the business involved loans, equipment financing or unpaid vendor bills. In most situations,...
When a tenant moves out and leaves unpaid rent behind, many Kentucky landlords are unsure what to do next. The lease may have ended, but the debt has not. Kentucky law gives landlords several tools to pursue what they are owed, but the process requires the right steps...