By Mike McKee Recorder Staff Writer Three months after 64-year-old Dale Turner died of cancer late last year, MediCal – seeking payment of about $3,300 in unpaid medical bills – threatened to seize the Concord house in which his surviving … Continue reading →
By Petra Pasternak Recorder Staff Writer The future looked bright in the spring of last year at One Bush Street, home to BVH Law Group. Deb Kinney and her three partners discussed hiring staff to help buttress their expanding estate … Continue reading →
By Deb L. Kinney It’s not unusual for people’s eyes to glaze over when the topic of retirement plans comes up. But this is one time when you might want to pay attention because the Pension Protection Act of 2006 … Continue reading →
By Deb L. Kinney Late in 2003, Governor Gray Davis signed the groundbreaking legislation known as AB 205, the Domestic Partner Rights and Responsibilities Act of 2003. When this new law went into effect on January 1, 2005, same sex … Continue reading →
Excerpted from the Sunday, October 8, 2006 issue if the San Francisco Chronicle by Kathleen Pender The new California law that requires registered domestic partners to file their state taxes like married people is a symbolic victory for gay couples. But … Continue reading →