An estate plan that is comprehensive requires careful thought and discussion with your spouse. Before meeting with an estate planning attorney, it is best to discuss your ideas to present a united goal. This conversation can be challenging if you…
When you go through big life changes like births, marriages, divorces, and moving to a new state, you should review your estate planning documents periodically. Children grow up, marriages dissolve, property gets sold, and residences change. That’s why we recommend…
The most vulnerable of Americans are in our nation’s nursing homes. When the novel coronavirus did hit, these nursing homes became its ground zero as many residents and workers did not receive testing, and staff found obtaining personal protective equipment…
Children usually inherit money or property equally from their parents. But sometimes, parents intentionally choose to not leave anything to a child, and the reasons for doing so may vary. One reason could be that a child who is more…
Parents who are aging will often lose their ability to make informed and meaningful decisions regarding their lives due to cognitive decline. This growing inability may occur due to Alzheimer’s disease, other forms of dementia, mental illness, stroke, brain injury,…
Family members or friends may ask you to act as their power of attorney. Your person may be planning for when they might become unable to take care of their affairs. For example, they might become disabled or incapacitated, and…
There is so much to be grateful for these days when it comes to good news on the health front. Now there are some, for the huge numbers of people suffering from Alzheimer’s dementia and ALS (Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, commonly…
You should know the lawyer's role as soon as you start the probate process, whether you are the executor or heir. One of the biggest sources of conflict in probating the estate is understanding the role of the lawyer hired…
You might think that leaving your property to your heirs would be simple enough. You make a will or a trust, you do a transfer-on-death deed for your real estate, you put your kids on your bank account, you designate…
For estate planning, wills and trusts offer specific and quite different advantages. Each state has specific laws and regulations governing these legal documents. You can have both a will and a trust; however, the information in each should complement the…