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Using AI to Prepare for Your Initial Estate Planning Consultation from Austin Estate Planning Attorney Liz Nielsen

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Artificial Intelligence (AI) has been rapidly impacting education and the workforce with users using a variety of platforms, such as ChatGPT, CoPilot, Gemini, and other large language models. These tools have led to the expansion of learning opportunities available at one’s fingertips. By using AI to generate questions for your initial estate planning consultation, these […]

How an Inheritance Can Enhance Your Loved One’s Educational Experience from Austin Estate Planning Attorney Liz Nielsen

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A primary goal of estate planning is to financially provide for your loved ones. One way to ensure that they are set up for lifelong success is with an inheritance that pays for their education. Higher levels of education are positively correlated with better life outcomes, including improved health, longer lifespans, and higher incomes.[1] However, education […]

Beware of Trust Scams and How to Spot Them from Austin Estate Planning Attorney Liz Nielsen

Trust Scams

Trusts are widely used in estate planning to protect and transfer a person’s assets (money, accounts, property, etc.), sometimes in a tax-advantaged manner. Some trusts are highly complex, with multiple parties, intricate structures, specialized legal terms, and references to arcane tax law that can be difficult for the average person to understand. Scammers have long taken […]

Have a Harmonious Family that Does Not Fight? You Still Need an Estate Plan from Austin Estate Planning Attorney Liz Nielsen

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In many families, everyone gets along, happily gathering for the holidays, sharing laughs, telling stories, and enjoying each other’s company. Then the matriarch or patriarch becomes incapacitated. Suddenly everyone wants to step forward to be the loving, responsible relative. Questions of who will be the primary decision-maker for grandma or grandpa can lead to tension. […]

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