How Will Your Estate Descend? If you missed the presentation, stay tuned. Later this month KNPB will be recording the presentations for television and Youtube.

ByKevin Walsh, Esq

Kevin Walsh, Managing Attorney of 1Source Law and the Living Trust Source, discusses Wills, Trusts and Probate at the Estate Planning Series in Reno. The series is presented by KNPB Channel 5 and the Community Foundation of Western Nevada with the support of other nonprofit sponsors. If you missed the presentation, stay tuned. Later this month KNPB will be recording the presentations for television and Youtube.

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