Kelly M. Stearns, Attorney, LLC.

09/22/2025

First annual Health Fair in the books. It was so nice to chat with clients and members of the senior community in SEASIDE!

09/19/2025

I’ll be a speaker at this year’s health fair! Please feel free to stop by the booth and grab some Halloween candy. Don’t be afraid of Estate planning!!

01/10/2024

https://www.martindale.com/legal-news/article_tonkon-torp-llp_1488838.htm

Effective January 1, 2012, Oregon law provides for a new form of deed known as a transfer on death (TOD) deed. These deeds allow an owner of real property to designate a beneficiary who will obtain title to that real property when the owner dies, without having to go through probate (subject to some...

03/20/2023

08/31/2022

New office addition!

08/31/2022

Caught at work!

12/03/2021

Be sure to make a plan that includes caring for your pets:
ORS 130.185
UTC 408. Pet trust

(1)A trust may be created to provide for the care of one or more animals that are alive during the settlor’s lifetime. The trust terminates upon the death of the animal or, if the trust was created to provide for the care of more than one animal, upon the death of the last surviving animal. An oral or written declaration shall be liberally construed in favor of finding the creation of a trust under this section. There is a presumption against merely precatory or honorary disposition on behalf of an animal.

11/27/2021

The NEW 2021 Health Care Directive form. If you have an older one it is still valid.

11/27/2021

Here is the NEW Health Care Directive form for 2021.

03/23/2020