by Trust Counsel | Oct 14, 2021 | Articles, Celebrity Estates, Financial
This month marks the 140th birthday of Pablo Picasso, a legendary artist with about 45,000 works attributed to his name, not to mention his millions of dollars in cash, gold, bonds, and stocks. Years of family drama have ensued after his death. Why, you ask?...
by Trust Counsel | Sep 24, 2021 | Articles, Asset Protection, Celebrity Estates, Estate Planning, Family, Financial, Probate, Trusts, Wills
As the host of the wildly popular The Joy of Painting TV series on PBS, Bob Ross became a pop-culture icon, who was equally famous for his giant head of hair, soothing baritone voice, and folksy demeanor as he was for his iconic landscape paintings. And like so many...
by Trust Counsel | Aug 5, 2021 | Articles, Asset Protection, Celebrity Estates, Estate Planning, Financial, Trusts, Wills
If there’s one thing we love here at Trust Counsel, it’s a good story… and we’re not the only ones! Whether it be nostalgic books like the Magic School Bus and Clifford the Big Red Dog, or newer classics like the Harry Potter series, Scholastic has been the...
by Trust Counsel | Jun 3, 2021 | Articles, Asset Protection, Celebrity Estates, Estate Planning, Estate Tax, Trusts, Wills
Nearly three years have passed since Aretha Franklin, known as the “Queen of Soul,” died from pancreatic cancer at age 76. When she first passed away in August 2018, her family thought that Aretha died without any estate plan at all. But since then, four different...
by Trust Counsel | May 19, 2021 | Articles, Celebrity Estates, Estate Planning, Estate Tax, Family
Nearly three years have passed since Aretha Franklin, known as the “Queen of Soul,” died from pancreatic cancer at age 76. At the time, her total fortune was estimated to be worth up to $80 million. Yet due to poor estate planning, the late singer’s children have yet...
by Trust Counsel | May 6, 2021 | Articles, Asset Protection, Celebrity Estates, Estate Planning, Estate Tax
The creators of ‘Framing Britney Spears’ recently revealed that they left much out of the documentary and have enough original material, plus follow-up information, to make a subsequent documentary regarding Spears’ conservatorship entanglement. With all the recent...
