Some of the clients who seek our estate planning advice are parents of small children whose primary goal in creating an estate plan is to protect their children. This includes providing for their immediate financial needs, ensuring they will have the means to receive an education, and so forth, but often the very first question these… Read More »
Posts Categorized: Estate Planning
A Living Will Is Good For You, Good For The Country
President Obama’s pet project of health care reform seems to have a lot of people worried. His talk of living wills encouraging people to specify their end-of-life wishes in particular are the topics bandied about most often in tense (or downright frightened) conversations. Some people seem to think that the very act of specifying your… Read More »
Talking Taxes Now Brings Big Savings Next April
Everyone knows that March and April are tax season, when everybody scrambles to get their taxes done, mailed off, and out of mind for the rest of the year; but according to this article from Reuters the taxes you pay in April can be significantly lower if you take the time to think about them… Read More »
Answers to Frequently Asked Questions About Wills and Trusts
It is human nature to want to be as informed as possible before making big decisions, and although we all know how important it is, the decision to create an estate plan is a BIG one. Most people like to do a little research and asking around before putting themselves at the mercy of an… Read More »
Not All Healthcare Directives Are Created Equal
Google is getting into the healthcare industry. Google recently made it possible for individuals to store their healthcare records online through their Google Health Records Management Service, a move that has met with mixed reviews. Even more recently, Google Health has started offering another, similar, service: storage of your “end-of-life wishes” along with your healthcare… Read More »
Who Needs An Estate Plan?
The recent unveiling of Michael Jackson’s will has brought up a lot of questions about wills, trusts, and estate planning: Why is his will so short? Does this mean it doesn’t work? Where is all his money going? And then there’s the statement that makes any estate planning attorney shudder: I guess trusts and estate… Read More »
Time, Technology, Fire and Flood: 3 Rules to Protect Your EP Documents
Anyone who has been around long enough knows that accidents happen, Murphy’s Law does exist, and things have a tendency to go wrong occasionally; computers crash, fires happen, pipes break and flood the first floor of your home. And sometimes things just get lost during the passage of time. This can even happen to something… Read More »
Michael Jackson’s Will Answers Few Questions
The past week has been filled with media speculation about Michael Jackson and his will: Did he have one and what might be in it? Well the waiting is finally over… kind of. It turns out Michael Jackson did create a will, which was submitted to the California probate courts earlier this week. The will… Read More »
Planning Your Estate is Just the Beginning…
Many people come into our offices thinking that the estate plan we help them create will be quick, easy, and — above all — final for all time. They hope that once this item is crossed off the to-do list they can breathe a sigh of relief and never think about it again. For some… Read More »
Michael Jackson’s Death Leaves A Legacy of Questions
Michael Jackson’s death on Thursday shocked the world. As fans and mourners line up to pay their respects (and snap up Jackson music and merchandise) the question now on the minds of many is: What will happen to Michael Jackson’s estate and to his children? It is still too early to know what legal steps… Read More »