Your first meeting with an estate planning lawyer is an important because it should establish your overall goals and make sure that you have clarity on what you hope to accomplish with your estate plan. Only then will you be able to work with your estate ...
Some States Move Forward with Nursing Home Profit Caps
When you make the decision to put a loved one in a nursing home, your entire family probably meets about this and discusses it at length. You want to make the right choice for their care needs and also balance that with the availability of funds to pay fo ...
U.S. News Names Best Nursing Homes for 2021-2022
If you’re thinking about placing a loved one in a nursing home in the coming months of year, there’s no doubt you want to do some research first. There’s a difficult emotional aspect of this entire process, but there’s also the peace of mind that can come ...
How Soon Do You Need to Contact an Estate Planning Lawyer After Losing Your Spouse?
When a spouse passes away this significantly changes your estate planning future. You need the help of an experienced and knowledgeable estate planning lawyer to review your existing plans and documents and to make recommendations about next steps. It can ...
What About Your Digital Passwords?
Digital assets have increased many people's perception of their estates in recent years. You might not think that your estate is substantial enough to warrant estate planning but this is a mistake that could put your loved ones in the difficult situation ...
How Does My Durable Power of Attorney Agent Know What I Want?
A durable power of attorney for health care involves you assigning a certain person or persons to make health care decisions for you if you are unable to do so on your own. Your agent can make many different kinds of health care decisions including decidi ...
New Study Shows One Third of People Don’t Have What It Takes for Minimal Long Term Care
Who will foot the bill if you need a nursing home? That’s a question popping up for more and more families in America these days. Long term care insurance is extremely expensive and premiums have been on the rise in recent years. This doesn't bode well ...
Study Shows Retirement Targets Have Shifted
The COVID-19 pandemic presented a unique set of challenges for financial and retirement planning and now investors are looking ahead to the future with different priorities. A recent research study from Northwestern Mutual shows that over one third of Ame ...
What Digital Accounts and Assets Might You Be Forgetting in Your Estate Plan?
A relatively new category of assets that you should include in your estate plan are those that are digital. Due to the digital age, many people don't think about how many accounts they have opened or how difficult it would be for loved ones to access thos ...
What Is a Fiduciary’s Duty of Impartiality?
A fiduciary has several different responsibilities to the beneficiaries of an estate or a trust. Violating these could constitute a breach of fiduciary duty and being removed from this role or even being found personally accountable for financial mistakes ...