By and large, estate plans are typically private matters that not something everyone in your life needs to know in detail. The decisions about whom to trust with decision-making power and how you plan to distribute your wealth is your business. For married couples, they will naturally know the details of plans they created together. […]
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Trust Funding: Setting Your Trustee Up for Success from Austin Estate Planning Attorney Liz Nielsen
A revocable living trust can serve as a valuable estate planning tool to help ensure that your finances remain well managed if you become incapacitated (unable to manage your affairs while you are alive) and to provide future financial security for your loved ones upon your passing. However, merely signing the trust agreement does not […]
Your Divorce Decree: The First Step in Estate Planning from Austin Estate Planning Attorney Liz Nielsen
You and your spouse have recently divorced, and the judge has signed the divorce decree. Now what? Although you may feel that you have spent enough time and money on lawyers, there is one last attorney you need to talk to: an estate planning attorney. If you and your former spouse created an estate plan […]
Using AI to Prepare for Your Initial Estate Planning Consultation from Austin Estate Planning Attorney Liz Nielsen
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 […]