Ask Shade About Trusts: Does My Husband Have to Know?
Hi Shade, My name is Gloria, I got married 5 years ago at 35. Before the wedding, I already built a house at Mowe, a block of 6 flats, and I have other undeveloped property that I didn’t tell my husband about (so as not to intimidate or repel him). My plan is to gift […]
Ask Shade About Trusts: My Mum Just Found Love Again! But How Do I Protect My Future?
By setting up a trust, your mother can ensure that the fashion line is passed on to you at her death, even though she retains full control while she is alive. She can name beneficiaries of the trust and include her new spouse so as to achieve some balance. Hello Shade, For five years […]
Ask Shade: He Left Everything to His children From a Previous Marriage! How Do I Secure My Child’s Future?
Dear Shade, I’m in my early 30s engaged to a widower in his 50s. We plan to get married in a few months and I‘m already pregnant. While cleaning his study last week, I stumbled on something that looks like his Will and it seems like he already willed everything to the three children from […]
Ask Shade: My Daughter’s Husband is a Freeloader! How Do I Protect Her Inheritance?
Hello Shade, I am a single mother who has had to work really hard to give my only daughter a good life. Thankfully, God blessed the work of my hands and my food processing company now has branches all over the country. Lately, I have been thinking about planning my estate and writing a Will […]
Ask Shade: I Want My Siblings to Inherit Some of My Assets… But I Don’t Want My Wife to Know
Hello Shade, My wife has been pestering me on this matter of Wills and I finally see reason with her. She has contacted our family lawyer, she wants us to combine assets and write a joint Will. The problem is I have assets she does not know about which I would like my siblings to […]
Ask Shade- My father had a secret family
Dear Shade, Please help us. Until my father’s unexpected demise (he slumped and died), we did not realise he had a secret family. We always thought his frequent visits to Ibadan were business related but apparently, we were wrong. The Ibadan woman bore him two sons and a daughter while my mother has just my […]
Ask Shade: How Do I Convince My Husband to Write a Will?
Hi Shade, I need your help to save my marriage. I ran into an old friend who bitterly recounted her ordeal in the hands of her in-laws after her husband’s unexpected death. I was greatly disturbed by her story, I kept wondering what would happen to us if anything happened to my husband. I run […]
Ask Shade: My Late Father’s Family Head Wants to Give the Family House to Our Irresponsible Half-Brother
Dear Shade, I came across a few of your previous articles and I am hopeful that you will be able to help with my dilemma. I am the first child of my father who recently passed away. He had two wives and five children; one son and four daughters including me. My mother, his first […]
Ask Shade: They Left Me Too Much To Handle
Hello Shade, My parents left me a huge inheritance when they passed away last year. I am just 22 and I don’t think I have enough experience and know-how to manage that kind of money yet, it’s too much to handle for me right now. I want to take a few years to further my […]
Ask Shade; Mr extended family wants assets
Dear Shade, I served as business manager to my boss and his wife before their sudden demise in a car accident. Most of their assets are in my care although they are named after their children. I have managed to ward off attempts by their extended family to take over the assets. My boss’ first […]