Follow our attorney blog to stay current on the estate planning issues you should be thinking about as you near retirement, face a medical crisis, or as a parent ages. Our attorney shares insights based on his many years of experience in estate planning and elder law in these posts.
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When Should You Update Your Estate Plan? Once you've created an estate plan, it is important to keep it up to date. -
8 Tips for Having 'The Talk' with Elderly Parents Talking about estate planning is a difficult, emotional topic but it’s essential for every family. -
Will Medicare Cover a Coronavirus Vaccine? When a vaccine is available, Medicare will cover the cost. -
Four Steps You Can Take to Protect Your Digital Estate What happens to all our online data and assets if we become disabled or die? -
May Someone with Dementia Sign a Will? Millions of people are affected by dementia, and unfortunately many of them do not have all their estate planning affairs in order before the symptoms start. -
When Planning Your Estate, Don't Let the Perfect Be the Enemy of the Good There are many unknowns when planning an estate, but you can’t let the uncertainties get in the way of creating any kind of plan. -
5 Ways your Will can Become Useless, or Close to it Is having an out-of-date will better than having no will at all? While wills do not have expiration dates, certain changes can render them useless. -
Prenuptial Agreements Can Be an Estate Planning Tool As more and more people marry more than once, prenuptial agreements have become an important estate planning tool. -
Make Sure Your Beneficiary Designations Match Your Estate Plan Many types of property and investments pass outside of probate and allow you to designate who will receive them after your death. -
What Taxes Are Due When the Beneficiary of a Special Needs Trust Dies? Trusts are important vehicles in special needs planning. They not only set aside funds to pay for the care of the person with special needs while maintaining eligibility for programs like Medicaid, but they provide ways to preserve these funds through the person’s lifetime.