When you lose a spouse or long-time partner, you have a hard time focusing on anything else but the loss you are grieving. However, it is crucial to understand there are important and timely decisions you need to make regarding…
You probably wonder how you would like your assets dispersed and who should be responsible for that process, whether you are in the middle of your estate planning process or just beginning to think about how to proceed. A trust…
For estate planning purposes, there are many different trust types; the two most common are revocable and irrevocable. While there are some similarities between these two types of trust, their purposes in your estate planning are quite different. Although trusts…
Creating an estate plan can ensure that your assets, interests, and loved ones are protected after you pass away. Unfortunately, many individuals make costly estate planning mistakes without proper advice and guidance from a qualified estate planning attorney. Poor planning…
Leaving your property to your heirs might seem like an easy task. Having your will or a trust, doing the deed of transfer on death for your real estate, adding your children to your bank account, and naming beneficiaries for…
When parents wait too long to begin instilling family values, it can be difficult to address and legally formalize inheritance. There is no doubt that childhood is the best time to teach and empower your children as eventual heirs of…
A study of 2,400 Americans by Caring.com and YouGov has found a decrease from sixty percent to 44 percent in the percentage of Americans ages fifty-five and older who have written a will since 2019. In addition to this decline…