Trial court judges make decisions over the most consequential issues in our clients’ lives. Were you at fault in your automobile accident case, and if not, how much in damages should you be awarded? Will you have custody of your child, and what will that…

One of the most common questions we are asked by estate planning clients is what would happen to their documents should they relocate to another state. What should you know about moving to a different state as pertains to your estate plan? And when we…

March is here, and we all love this time of year with longer days and warming temperatures. But the winter of 2025-2026 wasn’t all darkness and cold! At BDBF, our attorneys had some great times this winter! Here, we share some of our favorite personal…

MOST Form. Living Will. Health Care Power of Attorney. Advance Directive. We hear about them. We know someday we might need them. But how do they work? Do I need one of them? Some of them? All of them? The Living Will A Living Will…

Life insurance is an essential financial planning tool for families. Term life insurance, with policy limits sufficient to pay off a mortgage and fund educational expenses, can often be purchased at a low cost, and provide coverage for several decades. If you already own life…

Clients often come to an initial consultation with preconceived notions of whether they would like to include a “living trust” as part of their estate plan. For those unfamiliar, a living trust is a trust instrument created by an individual (the “Settlor”). The Settlor then…

Bulman Dunie is thrilled to share that four of our firm’s attorneys were included for peer recognition in the 2026 edition of Maryland Super Lawyers Magazine! Estate and trust practice group chair Jeremy Rachlin was named as a “Super Lawyer” in the field of Estate…

As we close the book on 2025 and look ahead to 2026, we are on substantially firmer territory than we were at this same time last year when it comes to the federal estate tax. In our local jurisdictions (MD and DC), in December 2024,…

This time of year brings to mind the famous 1986 Steve Martin “A Holiday Wish” sketch from Saturday Night Live: While none of us may have received $30 million tax-free each month like Steve Martin wished, many of us were fortunate enough to have warm…

Congratulations! You’ve made it to an estate planning attorney and crossed off that item that has been lagging on your to-do list forever. Your estate planning documents are in order. But now that you have this envelope full of freshly signed documents, which you mostly…