After a loved one passed in your family, the last thing you expected was to end up in a dispute with your family members. However, it happens and it happens all too often. While you may have thought optimistically at first, that the issue would be resolved within the...
Year: 2016
Litigating Undocumented Business Transactions
Buffington Law Firm's business litigation attorneys have a great deal of experience in handling business disputes among the founders of small businesses. Normally when multiple persons decide to do a business transaction together, such as starting a new business,...
Trust Disputes — Caregivers Often Cannot Take Under Trust Instrument
Buffington Law Firm's Trust litigation attorneys have had broad experience in the litigation of trust dispute issues. In last week's Blog article we discussed various theories for invalidating Trusts, or provisions within a Trust. One of the categories dealt with...
Trust Disputes — Basic Causes of Action
Buffington Law Firm's trust dispute attorneys have successfully prosecuted and defended many disputes involving the validity (or invalidity) of a revocable ("living") trust. This is commonly known as a "trust contest." The basic notion of a trust contest is that for...
Trust Disputes — The Importance of Timely Action
One of Buffington Law Firm's largest practice areas is the litigation of inheritance disputes -- which in practice almost always means litigation of a dispute concerning the terms of a revocable ("living") trust. A "trust contest" is a dispute as to the validity of a...
Financial Elder Abuse: Legal Hazards in Caring for Elderly Relatives
Buffington Law Firm's litigation attorneys have considerable experience in dealing with cases involving allegations of financial elder abuse. These are situations in which an elderly person, or someone with standing to represent the elderly person's interest or...