When you die, estate planners say, one of the finest gifts you can leave your heirs is a plan for avoiding probate. Probate is a legal process that distributes a dead person’s assets and settles their ...

The Great Wealth Transfer means many may inherit homes, but high taxes, maintenance costs, and legal issues can limit real ...

If you have ever been an executor of an estate or if you know someone who has had to deal with a probate estate, you likely know the probate process can be slow, cumbersome and expensive. Fortunately, ...

After a decade practicing estate planning in Idaho, I've seen estate plans range from elegantly simple to unnecessarily ...

Don't let common inheritance myths derail your family's future. Learn the truths about taxes, wills, and assets so you can ...

Trusts protect the farm for the next generation. With four different types of trusts, selecting the right one is integral.

Most debt doesn’t pass directly to heirs, but it doesn’t always disappear either. What happens after death depends on your estate, your assets, and a few key exceptions.

January 28, 2026 - PRESSADVANTAGE - Soto Law Group has published a new educational article, "Real Estate and Estate ...

Private clients investing in US-situs assets, such as interests in US real property or stock of a US corporation, take particular care to ensure ...

Both corporate legal work and estate planning may play key roles, but different ones, in the long-term success of construction and real ...

Happy second anniversary to me – and to you, my readers! It’s been two years since I dusted off my keyboard after a 3½-year ...