August 22, 2022 •
Estate Planning Estate planning is not just for affluent individuals. While good estate planning can lead to desirable financial outcomes under the right circumstances, estate planning in its most basic form involves implementing the legal steps and directives that are necessary to ensure that your health and your assets are managed properly in the event of incapacity and death.
Read MoreJuly 21, 2022 •
Estate Planning Of all of the essential estate planning documents, the durable general power of attorney is usually the document that is needed first.
Read MoreOne of the most important estate planning documents for all persons over the age of 18 to consider is a durable power of attorney.
Read MoreApril 6, 2022 •
Estate Planning It’s an important task that is easy to procrastinate. However, here is why you shouldn’t:
Read MoreJuly 27, 2021 •
Estate Planning Some people think that, because their assets are jointly owned with a spouse or are in a trust, they do not need a Power of Attorney, or that if they become incapacitated, their spouse automatically has the authority to make medical decisions on their behalf.
Read MoreFebruary 23, 2021 •
Estate Planning Beneficiary designations, tying up loose ends, reporting last wishes—here’s what you can do now.
Read MoreFebruary 22, 2021 •
Estate Planning If the durable power of attorney can't be transferred, what needs to be done to establish a new durable power of attorney for my aunt despite her mental incapacity?
Read MoreJuly 6, 2020 •
Estate Planning Eighty-five million families in the United States own at least one pet. That’s 68% of the population. How many of those owners have a plan for what would happen to their pet, if they themselves met with a crisis, had a lengthy hospitalization, or died?
Read MoreApril 16, 2020 •
Estate Planning Estate planning attorneys are getting mobbed with questions. Here is some timely advice from three attorneys on what families and business owners should be doing to prepare, in case the unimaginable happens.
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