Planned Giving

There are a lot of great options for those individuals who would like to help animals by leaving money to an animal charity. A few options are leaving an outright distribution under the terms of the individuals trust or naming a charity as a beneficiary of an asset.

There are animal charities that have thrift stores so an individual can also leave personal property to the charity for the items to be sold by the charity.

If you have specific questions or concerns please call Donna Stidham at (702) 444-3713 to schedule an appointment. You can get additional information on estate planning at www.stidhamlawoffice.com.

Sweet, cute, loads of personality…did you immediately think of a dog? Maybe a cat? How about a FISH?! No?? Well, you’d be surprised at just how sweet, cute, sassy, spunky, silly, loving, and kind of ‘cuddly’ (yes cuddly) a fish can be. I’m talking specifically about Betta Splendens, aka Siamese Fighting Fish, and I’d love to share some experiences that my husband and I have had with our four sweet little finbabies, Sunburst, Nite Ryda, Mushu, and Romeo.

We also have several other aquatic critters who occasionally make cameo appearances throughout these stories – three neon tetras, four golden white cloud mountain minnows, two mystery snails, and two nerite snails.

The beginning of our ‘obsession’: After talking about it for literally years (I can be somewhat indecisive), I finally decided it was time to adopt a Betta. At our local fish store, I absolutely fell in love with not one, but two beautiful Bettas, Sunburst and Nite Ryda. We hadn’t planned on getting two Bettas but once I saw their grumpy, frowny mouths, and they looked at me with their sweet little fishy puppy eyes, I couldn’t resist. I’d been bitten by the Betta ‘bug’. Sunburst had a gorgeous buttery yellow body with bright reddish-magenta fins and Nite Ryda was almost charcoal black with golden fins. They were like night and day (yes, puns totally intended) in both looks and personality, and we were immediately smitten.

We rushed out and picked up a divided tank (the first of WAY TOO MANY tanks) to keep them apart, since male Bettas are solitary creatures who will fight and can seriously injury each other if they’re kept in the same tank with another male. They were such little, curious boys, swimming around, exploring their new home.