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Lasher Holzapfel Sperry & Ebberson PLLC

Washington has an Expansive “Slayer Statute”

Nearly 140 years ago, the United States Supreme Court first recognized that one who causes harm to another should not financially benefit from the estate of the harmed person. In Mutual Life v. Armstrong, the defendant was...more

Warner Norcross + Judd

Appointment of a Guardian Does Not Mean That the Ward Automatically Lacks Testamentary Capacity

People frequently assume that a person for whom a guardian/conservator is appointed automatically loses the right to engage in estate planning – in other words, a finding of a need for a guardian/conservator amounts to a...more

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