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Today's Marriage Equality Decision

6/26/2015

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Justice Kennedy's beautiful words from the majority opinion in the OBERGEFELL v. HODGES case issued today, the two year anniversary of the Windsor ruling and the 12 year anniversary of Lawrence v. Texas:

No union is more profound than marriage, for it embodies the highest ideals of love, fidelity, devotion, sacrifice, and family. In forming a marital union, two people become something greater than once they were. As some of the petitioners in these cases demonstrate, marriage embodies a love that may endure even past death. It would misunderstand these men and women to say they disrespect the idea of marriage. Their plea is that they do respect it, respect it so deeply that they seek to find its fulfillment for themselves. Their hope is not to be condemned to live in loneliness, excluded from one of civilization’s oldest institutions. They ask for equal dignity in the eyes of the law. The Constitution grants them that right.  The judgment of the Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit is reversed.
It is so ordered.
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Unmarried Couples Need Estate Planning

4/13/2015

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All adults in Oklahoma have the ability to marry, but not all unmarried couples have the desire to marry.  Regardless, if you co-own property (bank accounts, real estate or other interests), you need to appropriately protect each other in the event of death or the incapacity of either partner.  For example, if two people live together, have a clear understanding of their housing arrangement, but the house is legally owned by only one partner, without the right documents in place, if the legal owner died, the survivor would likely have no rights to his or her home.   That uncertainty can be eliminated with simple estate planning.
http://www.tulsaworld.com/business/moneypower/retirement-estate-planning-for-unmarried-couples/article_0ed7a5da-d2ae-52ed-9d2b-dc236bd0ad46.html
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Advance Directives are Critical!

3/5/2015

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What kind of medical care do you want if you become too ill or hurt to express your wishes?  I often hear people, including friends and family, claim they do not want extraordinary medical care in the event they are terminally ill.  However, they haven't taken the time to carefully document their wishes with specific instructions for medical providers and family members.  It is easy, while one is healthy and vibrant, to hypothesize what one may or may not want in a given situation.  Once actually in that often catastrophic condition, a person's thoughts may change.  So, I recommend re-visiting all medical documents frequently to ensure that the proper person will have authority and your wishes remain the same as when originally executed.

Advance Directives are mandates made by patients in advance which contemplates dire medical situations.  An Oklahoma Advance Directive is a statutory form, prescribed by the State of Oklahoma, which constitutes "clear and convincing" evidence of a patient's wishes at a time that he or she is no longer able to communicate.  Health care providers are legally required to do everything possible to save lives.  Therefore, if one's wishes are contrary to the "do everything" legal requirement, it is crucial that those wishes are memorialized utilizing an Advance Directive.  Equally critical is having an honest discussion with loved ones, and document the medical care you agree to and agree to decline in advance of your unexpected illness or injury.  Advance Directives should be clear regarding the care one wants, and do not want.        
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Please watch the following video featuring Edie Windsor and Roberta Kaplan and consider adding your name to this important brief.

2/19/2015

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http://www.thepeoplesbrief.com/




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Remember when your mother said, “You get what you pay for…”?

2/6/2015

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As has happened frequently in my past 25 years of practicing law, I had two clients this week who came in with “homemade” estate documents.   One client’s documents were actually written by an attorney, whom I assume does not emphasize estate planning in his practice.  The other client elected to buy an Internet software package and “filled in the blanks”. 

 Had they not come in or if one of them had experienced a death or disability before repairing and preparing the correct estate plan, the consequences could have been catastrophic.    

Folks, please understand that you, and those you love, really do have a lot to lose.


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