BDBF News and Legal Updates

What is a Liability Claim? All of us have the duty, at all times, to use ordinary care in how we conduct ourselves. Whether that is driving down the street, walking down the sidewalk, or representing someone in a lawsuit, we have a duty of “ordinary care”. Someone who fails to use ordinary care is...

Previous articles in our e-newsletter have discussed incapacity planning through powers of attorney as a critical component of estate planning. However, there are a few reasons why it is especially important for people in their 20s and 30s to plan for the possibility of incapacity through powers of attorney. 1. Appoint who YOU want to...

The most common reason why young families reach out to Bulman Dunie for estate planning is because they want to ensure that their children are protected should anything happen to them. An estate plan offers several mechanisms to protect and care for your children should you pass away when you still have minor children. Nomination...

Commonly, our office receives a call from a client who has just been in an auto accident. Things are spinning out of control for our client.  Their heart is racing, people are checking on them, and maybe they’re on the side of the road watching motorists inching perilously close to them.  It is a 360-degree...

Many clients come to an estate planning consultation with a belief that a Last Will and Testament is the tool that disposes of their assets after they have passed away. Assets that transfer to your heirs via a Will must go through the court-supervised process called “probate”. Probate takes – in its most streamlined form...

Nobody asks to be a plaintiff or a defendant in a lawsuit. Very few of us wake up and think “I’d really like to spend the next several months of my life talking to lawyers.” But, try as you might to avoid it, the day might come when you are party to a lawsuit. If...

Valentine’s Day is upon us again! In the annals of television and movie history, there have literally been thousands of on-screen couples.  Some old, some young, some with more chemistry than others, and some cringe-worthy. We asked BDBF attorneys to “think fast” and give their gut reaction to the following question: What is your favorite...