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New Legal Research Guide - Estate Planning

We have a new legal research guide on Estate Planning available on the law library's website. You can find previously posted information on estate planning through the "estate planning" tag at the bottom of this post or through this link. Along those same lines, The Oregonian published an interesting article last Sunday, March 27, on estate sale fraud:

"Complaints to the DOJ concerning estate sellers, secondhand stores and auction houses have doubled since 2008. Among those lodging complaints are an elderly widower, a woman with breast cancer trying to fund her care and adult children selling the family home. All told the state they were never paid for heirlooms, which were either sold at garage sale prices or simply vanished. But when things go wrong, many people don't know where to turn -- and don't want to shell out as much for legal fees as they're looking to recoup."

Consumers with complaints about Oregon businesses, including estate sellers and auction houses, can contact the Financial Fraud/Consumer Protection section of the Oregon Department of Justice's Civil Enforcement Division. The Attorney General's Consumer Hotline (1-877-877-9392) is available between the hours of 8:30 am and 4:30 pm. Consumers can also search the DOJ's consumer complaints database for complaints filed after January 1, 2008.

Gunderson, Laura, and Julie Sullivan. "Complaints Prompt Oregon Department of Justice to Look Into Estate Sales." The Oregonian 27 March 2011. Web.

Full post as published by Oregon Legal Research on April 01, 2011 (boomark / email).