Your Gun Collection Needs an Estate Plan, Too
Written by the estate planning team at Littleton Legal, a Tulsa-area firm based in Broken Arrow. There is a gun safe in a garage in Broken Arrow right now that nobody has a plan for. The man who owns it…
How a 1031 Exchange Fits Into Your Estate Plan
Written by the estate planning team at Littleton Legal, a Tulsa-area firm based in Broken Arrow. Real estate investors across Tulsa and Broken Arrow know the phrase "swap 'til you drop." Sell one investment property, buy another through a 1031…
Can a Trust Be Too Restrictive on Your Heirs?
Written by the estate planning team at Littleton Legal, a Tulsa-area firm based in Broken Arrow. Most parents who build a trust are not trying to control their children. They are trying to protect them from one specific thing: the…
Your Adult Child Is Getting Divorced: Is Their Inheritance Actually Protected in Tulsa?
Written by the estate planning team at Littleton Legal, a Tulsa-area firm based in Broken Arrow. Few phone calls worry parents like this one: Your adult child's marriage is ending, and somewhere in the back of your mind is the…
Choosing an Executor in Broken Arrow: What If Your Executor and Your Children Hate Each Other?
Written by the estate planning team at Littleton Legal, a Tulsa-area firm based in Broken Arrow. You trust your sister completely. She is organized, responsible, good with money, and exactly the person you want handling your estate. There is just…
5 Reasons a Will Is a Great Start (But Not the Whole Plan)
If you have a will, congratulations. You have taken a meaningful step toward caring for the people you love, and many people never get that far. As estate planning attorneys serving Tulsa and Broken Arrow families, we also see the…
Can My Out-of-State Child Serve as My Executor or Power of Attorney? What Oklahoma Families Should Know
Families are more spread out than ever, and one question comes up all the time in our estate planning work with Tulsa and Broken Arrow families: my son or daughter lives across the country, so can they still handle things…
Who Pays the Mortgage and Bills While an Estate Is Being Settled in Oklahoma?
When someone passes away, their bills do not pause. The mortgage still comes due, the electricity stays on, and the insurance premium arrives on schedule. Yet the person who always paid those bills is gone, and the accounts that would…
Incapacity Planning for Your Real Estate Portfolio: What Oklahoma Investors Need to Know
You have built something real. Whether you own one rental house or a dozen doors across Tulsa and Broken Arrow, your properties represent years of work, and they do not run themselves. Rent comes due, tenants call, repairs cannot wait,…
Your Estate Plan Can Pass On More Than Money
A good estate plan can pass on more than money. Cornelia Vanderbilt inherited the largest private home in America as a child, not long after her father died unexpectedly in 1914. She had every resource money could provide. As an…