by ebs-admin | Mar 26, 2020 | Uncategorized
As the Coronavirus runs rampant, residential evictions have come screeching to a halt in Oregon. Below is an explainer of emergency rules imposed both at the State level and within Multnomah County specifically, which has issued additional rules on evictions and rent...
by ebs-admin | Feb 13, 2020 | Elder Law
How to Protect Yourself from Elder Abuse Some time ago I wrote about how family members can spot and report suspected elder abuse. In that article I shared some statistics reported by the National Council on Aging and other agencies that bear repeating here: 1 in 10...
by ebs-admin | Jan 27, 2020 | Estate Planning Probate
In law school one of my professors told my class there are three basic rules underpinning all estate planning: Everybody dies. When you die, other people get your stuff. Without a will or other estate plan, the law says who gets your stuff. I don’t think anything in...
by ebs-admin | Nov 22, 2019 | Uncategorized
The Oregon Secretary of State Corporation Division sent out the following alert today: The warning also reminded businesses that official correspondence from the Corporation Division will always contain the following three items: An image of the Oregon state...
by ebs-admin | Nov 12, 2019 | Estate Planning Probate
Though different in form, like many of our western neighbor states Oregon offers a simpler, more streamlined alternative process for settling the more modest estates of some decedents. Oregon’s “small estate affidavit” allows for the transfer of property of a...
