Let's Discuss. A Pop Culture and Law Podcast.

In this episode, we are talking about a very sensitive topic which is: how do we care for our elders when they are no longer able to do it themselves? For anyone who has had to go through this family situation, I’m sure you know that there is a deeply emotional and compassionate aspect to it, but there is also a legal point of view which, if implemented through that compassionate lens and prioriti...

Welcome back to episode 5 of Let’s Discuss, a  Pop Culture and Law Podcast. In episode 5 we talk about an 80’s classic written by the all-time queen of romcoms Nancy Meyers and starring Diane Keaton: Baby Boom. Keaton plays a take on the American yuppie: a successful and workaholic no-nonsense businesswoman who has the surprise of her life when she is made to be the caretaker of a 6-month-old baby...

For episode number four, we have a very interesting theme for you: when requests for guardianships get tangled up with family disputes, economic interests and sometimes, sadly, elder abuse. To support this episode we talk about a movie classic: Rain Man (1988) starring Tom Cruise and Dustin Hoffman, two brothers who go on a cross country journey after the youngest (Cruise) realizes that his father...

The theme for this episode are holographic wills, which is the official term for wills that the deceased drafts by hand. These type of wills are only valid in some states, New Jersey included, but in order to be accepted and probated by the court there are several requirements like: It has to be written by hand, signed and dated by the decedent, the signature and key provisions are clearly written...

Welcome to The Matus Law Group's new Pop Culture & Law Podcast. Hosted by Christine Matus and Kristine Carranceja-Gurski. In the second episode, Christine and Kristine discuss the Good, the Bad and the Ugly about setting up a comprehensive Estate Plan and in contrast, failing to do so. To support this theme, they will discuss the 2011 Oscar-winning movie The Descendants, starring George C...

Our first episode is now available! In this episode, Christine and Kristine discuss what are Guardianships and Conservatorships, what are the limits to these, how far the Courts can go, and how we can take protective measures to avoid being in one without our consent. To support this theme, they will discuss Netflix's movie I Care A Lot, starring Rosamund Pike (Gone Girl, 2014) in which her c...