At the simplest level, a Personal Representative (PR) is responsible for collecting all the assets of the estate of someone who has died...

The Wisconsin Unemployment system began with the noble thought that unemployed folks should get a lifeline to their next job. Sadly now,...

It's a scary thing to be charged with "concealment." This can happen when you make a mistake reporting your income to the Department of...

What’s the hang-up? If you have a simple estate, writing a will is not that hard. In the State of Wisconsin, there are only 3...

One way to simplify your estate plan is to make assets “non-probatable.” Why do this? It makes life at bit easier for the person (your...

It’s National Healthcare Decisions Week and in its honor, the Wisconsin State Bar has a free guide available for download through the...

Recently, I read an article that gave the impression that very few people could go to court to ask for an accounting from a person with...

“What you don’t need is dear at any price.” - Cato the Elder It’s a great day when you can start a blog post with an instructive quote...

Within the older population, the most rapidly growing segment is seniors over age 85. Because dementia and delirium are more prevalent in...

Why not, you ask? Can't pro se (unrepresented) folks file appeals? The difference here is that the Personal Rep. (called an Executor in...