A requirement that a witness or notary public sign a ballot envelope in a handful of states, including presidential battlegrounds North Carolina and Wisconsin, is tripping up some early voters By GARY D. ROBERTSON AND SCOTT BAUER ASSOCIATED PRESS | SEP 25, 2020 AT 11:23 AM RALEIGH, N.C. — As the pandemic prompts a surge in voting by mail, voters in a handful of states, including the presidential battlegrounds of North Carolina and Wisconsin, are facing a requirement that alre

Business Insider - Grace Panetta and Yuqing Liu Volunteer Dexter Hollier fills out postcards encouraging voters to mail-in ballots during the 2020 elections on August 15, 2020 in Los Angeles, California. Most states will allow all voters to vote from home in this November's presidential election due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Just five states — Indiana, Louisiana, Mississippi, Tennessee, and Texas — will require most voters to provide an excuse other than COVID-19 fears in ord

E-closings offer advantages to notaries, borrowers and lenders. September 15, 2020, 6:15 pm By Mary Ann Azevedo This article was written for FinLedger, HW Media’s new fintech focused news brand designed specifically for financial services professionals in banking, payments, insurance and proptech. Register for the FinLedger Daily Newsletter. The virtual notary services industry has become increasingly popular amid the COVID-19 pandemic as businesses have adopted remote signat

We get this question often. Here's the situation. Mom dies with a last will and testament leaving Dad the lifetime usufruct of her estate, and naming her children as the naked owners. Dad then decides to sell the family home. Do Mom's kids get any of the money from the sale? No. They don't. Dad's usufruct will continue over the proceeds of the sale. Mom's kids may have to sign to allow the sale to take place, but they are not entitled to any sale proceeds. This post is for in

Legacy Estate & Elder Law of Louisiana, LLC Like most states, Louisiana has a special procedure for dealing with small estates (called successions in Louisiana). In some circumstances, a small estate can be distributed to the heirs or beneficiaries without court involvement. In other cases, a small estate requires some form of court-supervised succession in Louisiana. The application of the Louisiana’s small succession law depends on a two-part analysis: Does the estate qual