A Blend of Professionals Can Prevent Estate Planning Mistakes
By assembling the right team for your estate plan, you can ensure that your legacy is protected for your heirs. Aside from an estate...
Changing the Wills of Widows and Widowers
When a spouse dies, it is an emotionally, spiritually, and financially challenging time in a person's life. It is common for one spouse...
Trusts and the Trustee's Role
If you are just starting to consider your estate planning options or are in the middle of the process, you probably have questions about...
Revising Your Estate Plan Following Divorce
When a couple divorces, there is usually a great deal of stress on the emotional and financial fronts (particularly if there are children...
Surviving the 2022 Economy
Many people's finances have been on a roller coaster ride over the last few years of economic turmoil. Many businesses shut down or...
Estate Planning with Your Parents
Crucial documents such as a living will, powers of attorney, and living trusts protect a parent’s quality of life.
A Guide to Estate Settlement
When appointing someone as the executor or executor-designate of an estate, or when accepting the responsibility of one, there are...
The Probate Process with or Without a Will
The probate process, held in probate court, is well-known to most people, who know the process takes place after someone passes away....
Plan for the Future of Non-Traditional Families
The practice of estate planning is evolving due to changing family structures. Thirty years ago, a traditional family consisted of a man...
Identifying and Understanding Powers of Attorney
As part of your estate planning process, it is critical to implement Power of Attorney (POA) documents. Powers of attorney are recognized...
Preventing Probate Litigation
Probate litigation typically involves guardianship and conservatorship disputes, will and trust contests, battles over the family home,...
Planning Estates for Unmarried Couples
Americans over the age of 50 are becoming widows or divorcing (in record numbers) and forming new partnerships. It has been reported by...
Wills of Blended Families
In today's American families, stepchildren are common, and they are often treated the same as full biological children, including when...
Online Estate Planning from Start to Finish
You have probably heard by now that maintaining physical distance between us is crucial to preventing the spread of this disease. Find...
Be Prepared for the Unexpected
Those who were not prepared for the sudden rise of the Coronavirus, COVID-19, have been left in the dark. Antibacterial hand sanitizers,...
What Are the Limitations of an Inheritance?
Imagine your spouse is living in a nursing home because of advanced Parkinson's. Medicaid benefits are currently being paid to your...
Incorporating Cryptocurrency into Your Estate Plan
When it comes to digital assets, traditional estate planning elements are largely obsolete. In the form of cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin...
It's Time To Do Your Estate Plan!
One important new year's resolution that needs to be kept is to visit your elder-law attorney, so that your estate plan is in order. This...
Steps To Take If You Are Appointed Trustee
Your friend Rose has established a trust and would like you to be a trustee. Despite your desire to help, you are afraid to take on so...
Why You Should Have a Will
During the past year, the number of Americans with a will has only increased by 2.5 percent, according to a survey by Caring.com....