Waltz, Palmer & Dawson, LLC is pleased to welcome Mary F. Preissing, Attorney, to the firm. Mary brings significant experience with licensing & intellectual property and can assist clients with all aspects of their trademarks, copyrights, domain names, and trade secrets.This announcement constitutes attorney advertising. The material is for informational pur...
As a follow-up to our last article about the benefits of having a Durable Power of Attorney for Property (“DPOA”), this article discusses the responsibilities of the agent who is named under a DPOA.If someone (called the “principal”) has named you as agent under his or her DPOA, and you have agreed to act for that person,...
Driving offenses are often taken lightly because people do not realize what is at stake. There are new laws related to driving and driving privileges all the time. Being charged with any offense can be embarrassing and expensive. Being arrested for certain traffic offenses can also be a wake-up call to drivers who thought they were only a...
This question can be answered differently, depending on what we mean by “estate”. Your “probate estate” includes all assets that are titled in your own individual name, with no joint owner and no named death beneficiary.If the total value of your probate estate exceeds $100,000, or you own any real estate in y...
You may have heard about a new Health Care Power of Attorney in Illinois. It’s true! As of January 1, 2015, there IS a new Illinois Statutory Health Care Power of Attorney (HCPOA).If you are over the age of 18 and have never signed a HCPOA, you need to do it now! If you don’t have one and you are ever unable to make your own medical de...
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