Selecting an attorney for legal cases is a very important decision. Please enter your information below to receive a Free Consultation from an attorney in your area:
Probate Law News
Lake Worth Tax Return Preparer Convicted On Tax Fraud, Contempt Charges
R. Alexander Acosta, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, Eileen J. O’Connor, Assistant Attorney General for the Justice Department’s Tax Division, and Michael Yasofsky, Jr., Special Agent in Charge, Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Criminal Investigation Division, announced today that, following a five-week trial, a federal jury in West Palm Beach found defendant Louis Wayne Ratfield, a Lake Worth, Florida, tax return preparer, guilty on fifty charges in connection with his participation in a tax fraud scheme to hide income and assets in bogus trusts.
On April 13, 2006, Ratfield was charged in a fifty-six count Indictment with preparing for clients and himself fraudulent federal individual and trust income tax returns, corruptly impeding the enforcement of the tax laws, and criminal contempt. Prior to trial, the government dismissed five of those counts. The Indictment alleged and evidence offered at trial established that Ratfield operated LWR Accounting and Tax Service, a tax preparation business, later called LWR Financial Services Trust. The businesses were located in Lake Worth. REad more at usdoj.gov.
It Is Not Wise To Handle Probate Without A Lawyer
Probate is a very complicated and formal process. There are no requirements to use a lawyer, but it is not wise to do so. Even the smallest detail that is missed or left out can cause everything to come to a halt, exposing everyone to liability.
Newsroom
Latest news about probate cases in San Francisco and nationwide:
Definition:
A property held in joint tenancy is owned by two or more people who have an undivided interest in the property, and the interest continues even after the other owners die.
Revocation
Definition:
In terms of wills, the process or act of canceling or destroying an existing will.
Property
Definition:
The money a person has and the things a person owns.
If you live in the following cities and need an probate attorney you should contact
our Probate Attorney as soon as possible:
Antioch
Bell
Hawthorne
Long Beach
Los Angeles
Norwalk
Oceanside
Pacoima
Santa Ana
South Gate
Norwalk
Oceanside
Oxnard
Pacoima
Pittsburg
Santa Ana
South Gate
Sylmar
Watsonville
Westminster
Fremont
Fresno
Hawthorne
Hayward
Hesperia
Huntington Beach
Huntington Park
Indio
La Habra
La Puente
Laguna Niguel
Lake Forest
Lancaster
Livermore
Long Beach
Los Angeles
Lynwood
Merced
Milpitas
Montebello
Moreno Valley
Napa
North Hollywood
Norwalk
Oceanside
Ontario
Oxnard
Pacoima
Palmdale
Panorama City
Pico Rivera
Pittsburg
Pomona
Porterville
Reseda
Rialto
Riverside
Rosemead
Sacramento
Salinas
San Diego
San Francisco
San Jose
San Pedro
Santa Ana
Simi Valley
South Gate
South San Francisco
Sylmar
Tulare
Union City
Vacaville
Victorville
Vista
Watsonville
Westminster
Legal Disclaimers All attorney listings are a paid attorney advertisement, and do not in any way constitute a referral or endorsement by an approved or authorized lawyer referral service. The information provided on San Francisco Probate Attorneys.com is not intended to be legal advice, but merely conveys
general information related to legal issues commonly encountered. Your access
to and use of this website is subject to additional Terms
and Conditions.
Local Professional? Generate new business today
Call 866-227-9356 or contact a sales rep
Did You Know?