By Susan M. Graham, Certified Elder Law Attorney Steven Covey died, in Idaho Falls, Idaho, July 16, 2012. His obituary observed: “Mr. Covey urged people to consider how they would like to be remembered. ‘If you carefully consider what you want to be said of you in the funeral experience’, he said, ‘you will find…
Here are two recent headlines “Uncivil Fight Over Rosa Parks Estate”[1] and “Dispute over Thomas Kinkade’s will heads to court”[2] Rosa Parks, a civil-rights pioneer, died in 2005 leaving personal papers and effects worth potentially millions of dollars. Her Last Will and Testament left most of her estate to a friend and a charity. Two…
I walk my dogs every day. We cruise the neighborhood. Of course making it safe, but also noticing any changes or new things. For the last month I have noticed piles of dirt around the wooden telephone poles. It seemed odd to me. Yesterday, I saw a young man digging around a pole. I asked…
By Susan M. Graham, Certified Elder Law Attorney, Senior Edge Legal, Boise, Idaho I am asking for your help to support House Bill 640 to continue to provide free legal services to low income people in Idaho. Idaho Legal Aid Services [ILAS] provides free civil legal services to seniors and low income people throughout Idaho.…