Our attorney shares the benefits of estate planning and the pitfalls of not having a plan in these regular blog posts. Follow his blog to stay on top of what you should be thinking about when you decide it’s time to make sure your family and heirs are legally protected should you become incapacitated or die.
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Why Plan Your Estate? The knowledge that we will eventually die is one of the things that seems to distinguish humans from other living beings. -
Updating your Estate Plan When your Finances Change If your finances have changed markedly since you wrote your will, you should check your estate plan to see if you need to make any changes. -
Power of Attorney: It's easily abused! A power of attorney is one of the most important estate planning documents you can create, but it is also one that can be misused. -
What Makes a Will Valid? Movies, television, and books like to present wills in dramatic ways--handwritten notes, videos, deathbed utterances--but what actually makes a will valid? -
What is the Difference Between a Living Will and a Do-Not Resuscitate Order? It is a very good idea to create advance directives in order to plan for the possibility that you may one day be unable to make your own medical decisions. -
Protecting Your House from Medicaid Estate Recovery After a Medicaid recipient dies, the state must attempt to recoup from his or her estate whatever benefits it paid for the recipient's care. -
What is a Health Care Proxy and Why Do I Need One? If you become incapacitated, who will make your medical decisions? A health care proxy allows you to appoint someone to act as your agent for medical decisions. -
10 Facts Funeral Directors Don't Want You to Know It is possible to spend much less money if you don't let funeral directors pressure you into buying goods or services you don't want or need. -
Retirement Account Beneficiaries While the execution of wills requires formalities like witnesses and a notary, the reality is that most property passes to heirs through other less formal means -
When To Review Your Estate Plan How frequently you should review your estate plan depends on how old you are and whether there has been a significant change in your circumstances.