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Asking any lawyers /attorneys or paralegals, or anyone with some knowledge of legal affairs. This is in MD, so of course can be dependent on exact laws. Please see the post.

ST. ALBANS, W.Va. (WCHS/WVAH) — A man from Bremerton, Washington is in a West Virginia jail accused of threatening to kill President Donald Trump. Joshua Wills, 29, is charged with brandishing deadly weapons, obstructing an officer, disorderly conduct and prohibited acts. According to court documents, St. Albans police officers were called to Roadside Park Tuesday afternoon to meet with United States Secret Service agents....

I am seeking guidance on a personal issue related to a Family Will that my wife and I are about to prepare. We have been married for 28 years and we are 79 and 81 YO. My wife has a Daughter and a Son by a previous marriage and I have 4 Sons by a previous marriage. Just last week we Honored the passing of my Wife's Son of 56. Now we need to revise our Wills to reflect this loss and perhaps some other changes. THE SIGNIFICANT ISSUE is how we handle the division of our Assets after we...

A SEBEGALESE Muslim cleric deported from Italy as a danger to state security was quoted today as telling a pan-Arab newspaper that he had met three times with Osama bin Laden, leader of the al-Qaeda terrorist network. The cleric, Abdel Qadir Mamour, told the London-based Asharq Al-Awsat in an interview by telephone from Dakar, Senegal, that he had the meetings with bin Laden in Sudan from 1993 to 1996. Mamour said bin Laden had provided money to finance his trading in diamonds between Africa and Belgium, but did not say how much money was involved or if bin Laden was...

Musicians to perform for Bob Wills Day; Brown leading effort Posted: Friday, March 20, 2015 2:26 pm OKLAHOMA CITY – Fans of “Western swing” music should mark March 25 on their calendars. That’s the date of the annual Bob Wills Day celebration at the Oklahoma State Capitol this year. Fiddlers and other musicians will perform from 9 a.m. to noon in the House of Representatives chamber, and from 1 to 3 p.m. in the fourth floor rotunda. “All Oklahomans are invited to come to the Capitol and enjoy the music and camaraderie,” said state Rep. Mike Brown, D-Tahlequah, event coordinator.

A theme that dramas and soap operas have dwelled on is the spats people can have over what their ancestors may leave for them. Life imitates art has been my experience seeing relatives squabble over the dead carcasses, but some have taken the issue to heart in a new television series on the Fox Business Network (FBN) called Strange Inheritance. The episodes I watched did not involve fisticuffs, but they incorporate many of the same decisions that one has to confront upon the death of a loved one. First, there are the wishes of the dear departed. What did the...

A San Rafael real estate attorney with a passion for felines left the bulk of his $1 million estate to the Marin Humane Society for the care of cats. When 63-year-old Brian Russell Kirchoff of San Rafael died after suffering a heart attack in 2013, he left a six-page handwritten will delegating administration of his estate to county probate officials. Following the sale of his Alpine Street home, along with his Porsche and other assets, and payment of all debts, the document says that "any cash proceeds left shall be donated to the Marin Humane Society for the express benefit...

The number of Americans owning pets is at a record high, and more people are making provisions in their wills to provide for these animals after they're gone. But to ensure your pet is cared for as you intend, it's important to set up a pet trust—an arrangement that 46 states permit. "Pet trusts aren't just for the wealthy," says Frances Carlisle, a trust and estates attorney in New York. For most pet owners, she adds, the goal "is to make sure a plan exists for the care of the animal." Pet trusts can take effect either after you die...

BOSTON (AP) — With only eight days to live, a wealthy, ailing Massachusetts merchant wrote in his will 351 years ago that he was leaving a spectacular 35-acre seafront property for the benefit of public school children, decreeing the land should never be sold or wasted. The dying wish of William Payne, one of the state's earliest settlers, created the nation's oldest charitable trust and eventually led tenants to build 167 cottages — most of them used by summer vacationers — on the land he left for the seaside city of Ipswich. The rent money has generated some $2.4 million...

It would take more than mere heart surgery to shake the indomitable spirit of Prince Philip. Hours after his life-saving operation, he was demanding to be released from hospital. ‘I feel fine’, the irascible 90-year-old told doctors who had carried out an emergency operation to treat a blocked coronary artery. ‘I don’t want to make a fuss. I just want to go home.’ An insider at Papworth Hospital in Cambridgeshire said: ‘He is itching to get out.’ However, it was confirmed that he would remain there for at least another night. The Queen, who flew the 60 miles by helicopter...

"The land of the free and the home of the brave Seems like I just woke up one day and it was gone, long gone. I know in my heart its still out there. Can someone please tell me where I'm looking for America."

Sheila Bair, chairman of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, has warned US banks to end their “push back” against government pressure to draw up living wills that would make it easier to wind them up in case of failure. The US has already adopted formal powers, enshrined in the Wall Street reform act that passed this summer, allowing regulators to close down systemically important companies. But an international agreement is likely to be illusive, in part because of stark differences over the treatment of creditor rights between the US and Europe. The FDIC has 18 months under the Dodd-Frank reform...

ATLANTA, June 30, 2005 – Country music artist Mark Wills didn't deliver a speech during the Military Child Education Coalition lunch and opening general session here June 29, but he spoke to the more than 550 conferees in the international language: music. Country singer Mark Wills performed some of his hit songs, including the megahit, "19 Something," for attendees at the Military Child Education Coalition conference in Atlanta on June 29. Photo by Rudi Williams (Click photo for screen-resolution image);high-resolution image available. To the audience's delight, Wills and his musicians spoke to the crowd through some of his hit songs,...

Interest in living wills - the documents that let people specify what medical measures they want or do not want at the end of life - has surged in the aftermath of the fierce nationwide battle over the fate of Terri Schiavo, lawyers and other experts on all sides of the issue say. While interest peaked around the time of Ms. Schiavo's death on March 31, it is still strong, these experts say. Many people are filling out the forms for the first time. Others are taking a new look at forms they filled out some time ago. Most living...

LONDON - Prince William learned Saturday that he had achieved a master of arts degree in geography. The 22-year-old son of Prince Charles and the late Princess Diana logged onto the Internet to discover that he had received a 2:1 grade for his four-year course at St. Andrews University, Scotland. A 2:1 denotes an upper second-class degree, a very respectable achievement. The prince, who is second in line to the British throne, did better than his father, who received a 2:2, or lower second class degree for his honors degree in history at Trinity College, Cambridge. "William got an upper...

WARSAW, Poland - Pope John Paul II's longtime private secretary said Saturday he did not burn the late pontiff's notes as his will demanded, arguing that the papers contain "great riches" and should instead be preserved. Archbishop Stanislaw Dziwisz, who worked with the pope from 1966 until his death earlier this year, told Polish state radio there are "quite a lot of manuscripts on various issues," but he offered no details. "Nothing has been burned," Dziwisz said. "Nothing is fit for burning, everything should be preserved and kept for history, for the future generations — every single sentence." "These are...

Aizawl: A well-known wildlife enthusiast in India's northeastern state of Mizoram has offered his corpse to be left for wild animals to feed on as part of a bizarre will, court officials said Wednesday. A spokesperson at the District Council Court in Mizoram's capital Aizawl said 46-year-old New World Laldingliana, a Christian tribal, has made a will wishing that his mortal remains be left in the forest for wild animals to eat.

Catholic Hospitals to Uphold Living Wills Apr 15, 2:49 PM EDT By JIM SUHR/ Associated Press Writer ST. LOUIS (AP) -- Roman Catholic hospitals are reassuring patients they'll honor living wills in the wake of a papal pronouncement that hospitals should never remove feeding tubes from patients in persistent vegetative states. In a talk March 20, Pope John Paul II said that feeding and hydrating such patients is "morally obligatory" - and that withdrawing feeding tubes constitutes "euthanasia by omission." Since then, American bishops, theologians and ethicists have been studying the issue closely to see what the pope's words will...

Dr. Alan Keyes, Declaration Alliance Dear Friend of Life, I pray that you will read the enclosed letter with a grateful, generous and charitable heart. My friend, Randall Terry, has just fought an extraordinary battle against the killing spirit of our times - and by God's grace, emerged victorious! Let me tell you what happened behind the scenes. While I was in Israel, a federal court decreed that Terri would die. My chief of staff, Mary Parker Lewis, contacted Randall Terry (Founder of Operation Rescue) and asked him to give his full attention and efforts to saving Terri's life. After...