Posts Tagged ‘inheritance’
DFW Estate Planning Attorneys on Inheriting Patents, Copyrights, and Other Intellectual Property
Intellectual property – ideas or works of art that have value but don’t originate in material reality – are considered personal property and may be bequeathed to heirs. There is well-established law on intellectual property and estate law for those who want their heirs to benefit from the fruits of their labors. If you’re creating…
Read MoreWorried your children will be unmotivated after receiving an inheritance? Fort Worth Trust Lawyers encourage parents to consider this estate planning tool.
Self-made billionaire Warren Buffet once famously said, “Leave your children enough money so they feel they can do anything, but not enough that they could do nothing.” Commodore Vanderbilt’s grandson, an heir to some $60 million in 1885, also once declared that “inherited wealth is as certain death to ambition as cocaine is to morality.”…
Read MoreFort Worth Estate Attorneys: 3 Ways Your Child’s Spouse Can End Up with the Family’s Money
Fort Worth estate attorneys know that it’s not inherently bad if your son-in-law or daughter-in-law receives your child’s inheritance. After all, he or she is part of the family. Ideally, if an in-law ends up with the family’s money (say your adult child passes away first), it’s always the hope that the in-law will pass…
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