By Lane V. Erickson, Idaho Estate Planning Attorney The Coronavirus has definitely been a motivator for people to think about getting their estate planning done. Well I believe that it is always a good thing to think about getting estate planning done, or updating estate planning that already exists, I…
By Lane V. Erickson, Idaho Estate Planning Attorney The first conversation is usually a panicked one. It’s either a phone call or the person has scheduled an appointment to meet with me in person. The first sentence is almost always the same. “Mr. Erickson, I’ve been named in the Will…
By Lane V. Erickson, Idaho Estate Planning Attorney As an estate planning attorney, I often have conversations with my elderly clients about whether or not they should leave a sizable inheritance to their children or grandchildren. This is a question that can be discussed from a number of different angles…
By Lane V. Erickson, Idaho Estate Planning Attorney Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you’d be familiar with the biggest news story coming out of Idaho recently. This has to do with Chad Daybell and his new wife Lori Vallow. In addition to the two missing children, several mysterious…
By Lane V. Erickson, Idaho Estate Planning Attorney For more than 20 years I’ve been an estate planning and probate attorney in Idaho. I love where I live, and I love the work I do! I find that I have an opportunity to help many people in creating their own…
By Lane V. Erickson, Idaho Estate Planning Attorney Estate planning is a unique and personal thing to complete. As an estate planning attorney for more than 20 years I’ve seen all kinds of ideas and goals that people have come up with as part of their estate planning. Really, an…
DEBTOR EXAM By Stephen J. Muhonen, Creditor’s Rights / Collections Attorney, Racine Olson, PLLP I have been practicing law for almost 17 years. Throughout this time I cannot tell you how many times I have been contacted by creditors/judgment holders, asking to retain me so as to have their debtor…
By Lane V. Erickson, Idaho Estate Planning Attorney I love being an estate planning attorney. I’ve been involved in many other areas of the law but no other area has provided the same satisfaction to me that I get from helping my clients create a well-written and well-thought-out estate plan…
By Stephen J. Muhonen, Creditor’s Rights / Collections Attorney, Racine Olson, PLLP I had an interesting collections issue arise the other day that is worth discussing. A self-represented judgment creditor was attempting to garnish a judgment debtor’s wages. The judgment creditor had repeatedly served a Writ of Continuing Garnishment on…
By Lane V. Erickson, Idaho Estate Planning Attorney As an Idaho estate planning and probate attorney, I often meet with clients during a free 30-minute consultation to talk about probate. Many times, these clients have moved to Idaho from other states. Additionally, I often have clients who have lived in…