Unconstitutional taxation

Absolutely untrue. For decades tax protestors have been developing various arguments, some allegedly based on the Constitution, as to why you do...

Trade secret theft

Did you have a confidentiality and/or non-compete agreement in place with the employee? Even without such an agreement, certain proprietary...

Government bids

The below links will take you to portals for both federal and State of Washington contracting opportunities. Both sites have extensive information...

Unlawful settlement of Will and Estate

Is the person the personal representative of the estate (also known as the executor)? The personal representative has a duty to protect and...

Transfer $/property to son on death

If your concern relates to your sons age you might consider an estate plan that includes a continuing trust for his benefit. A trust is a three...

The advantage to a will is that you can specify where all of the assets will go in one document. You can name beneficiaries to each of your...

Power of attorney

What does your daughter want to be able to do on your behalf? You could give her a power of attorney that covers just health care and medical...

It depends on how the title on the account was specified when you opened the account. If it was titled "joint tenants with right of survivorship"...

Gifts

Under the internal revenue code money received as a gift or bequest is not taxable income to the recipient. You, however, might be charged a gift...

Homestead exemption in WA

Washington does have a homestead exemption of $125,000 (it was recently raised from a mere $40,000). The exemption typically applies to real...