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Estate Planning 101: Top 3 Reasons to Avoid Probate
Estate Planning 101: Top 3 Reasons to Avoid Probate
Thomas B. Burton
Jan 14, 20217 min read


Does Wisconsin Have an Inheritance Tax?
Does Wisconsin Have an Inheritance Tax?
Thomas B. Burton
Jan 11, 20213 min read


Does a Will Avoid Probate in Wisconsin?
Does a Will Avoid Probate in Wisconsin?
Thomas B. Burton
Jan 7, 20214 min read


How to Legally Make a Will in Wisconsin
Attorney Thomas B. Burton discusses how to legally make a Will in Wisconsin!
Thomas B. Burton
Jan 4, 20214 min read


Mother Died Without Will. How to Handle House with Life Estate?
In this Real Attorney Reacts Series, Attorney Burton analyzes this real question under Wisconsin law and discusses how a life estate works o
Thomas B. Burton
Dec 28, 20209 min read


Top 3 Reasons to Form a Revocable Living Trust
Top 3 Reasons to Form a Revocable Living Trust
Thomas B. Burton
Dec 16, 202015 min read


How Long After Someone Dies Do You Have to File a Will in Wisconsin?
How Long After Someone Dies Do You Have to File a Will in Wisconsin?
Thomas B. Burton
Dec 10, 20205 min read


Helping Senior Americans with Elder Law Planning During COVID-19
Attorney Thomas B. Burton discusses helping senior Americans with elder law planning during the COVID-19 pandemic and talks about the specia
Thomas B. Burton
Dec 3, 20201 min read


Does Revocable Trust Protect Assets from Creditors of My Mother?
Revocable Trust Assets Protection from Creditors
Thomas B. Burton
Nov 30, 20203 min read


Can a Nursing Home Take Money From a Revocable Trust?
Can a Nursing Home Take Money From a Revocable Trust?
Thomas B. Burton
Nov 25, 20203 min read


Estate Planning 101: Will or Trust - What's the Difference?
Will or Trust - What's the Difference?
Thomas B. Burton
Nov 19, 20208 min read


What Should You Not Put in A Will?
What Should You Not Put in A Will?
Thomas B. Burton
Nov 17, 20202 min read


COVID-19 and Estate Planning
Attorney Thomas B. Burton discusses how COVID-19 and the coronavirus pandemic in the state of Wisconsin and throughout the globe has...
Thomas B. Burton
Oct 28, 202010 min read


One Legal Document Graham Mertz & Every Wisconsin Badger Should Have During COVID-19
Attorney Thomas B. Burton discusses the one legal document that Graham Mertz, the redshirt freshman quarterback of the University of Wiscons
Thomas B. Burton
Oct 27, 20201 min read


Which is Better, Revocable or Irrevocable Trust?
Which is Better, Revocable or Irrevocable Trust?
Thomas B. Burton
Oct 22, 20203 min read


What Happens When Power of Attorney is Not Signed by Witnesses and Not Notarized?
What Happens When Power of Attorney is Not Signed by Witnesses and Not Notarized?
Thomas B. Burton
Oct 19, 20203 min read


Parents Died from COVID-19 - No Wills - But Left Emails for Me to Inherit Home. Is this Legal?
Attorney Thomas B. Burton discusses a recent question addressed to the Moneyist columnist for Marketwatch.com. The questioner's parent's...
Thomas B. Burton
Oct 16, 20201 min read


Why Does a Power of Attorney End When You Die?
Why Does a Power of Attorney End When You Die?
Thomas B. Burton
Oct 14, 20206 min read


How Do I Go About Getting My Siblings, With Whom I Own a Land, to Buy Me Out?
How Do I Go About Getting My Siblings to Buy Me Out?
Thomas B. Burton
Oct 6, 20202 min read


In Wisconsin Does a Handwritten Will Need a Witness if it Is Dated and Signed by the Deceased?
Attorney Thomas B. Burton answers the following question:
In Wisconsin Does a Handwritten Will Need a Witness if it Is Dated and Signed by t
Thomas B. Burton
Oct 1, 20202 min read
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