Estate planning is an exercise in anticipating potential future events that could affect your plans for what happens if you become incapacitated (unable to manage your own affairs during your lifetime) and how your assets (property and accounts) will be handled after your death. Most folks will say the more prepared, the better. But when […]
We’re living in a truly digital age. As the world attempts to move to paperless transactions, having paper copies of your planning documents—wills, trusts, powers of attorney, and healthcare directives— can feel incredibly archaic. And while estate planning attorneys will be the first to chuckle and admit that, yes, the stack of papers representing your […]
A home is often one of the most important assets that people own. Therefore, most people want to stay in their home until they die and then have a loved one receive it. One common way to pass a home to loved ones is through a will. However, transferring real property with a will requires […]
Approximately three-fourths of Americans do not have a basic will.[1] Many of the same people also have children under the age of 18, which underscores a major misunderstanding about estate plans: They can accomplish much more than just handling financial assets (money, accounts, and property). One of the most important estate plan functions for parents […]
