If you have created your living will then you likely have done some soul searching and made some difficult decisions. Many adults use a DNR or have decided that if they suffer an illness or health event that renders them unable to breathe on their own or unconscious with a heart that has stopped, they…
Ever See A Woman Who Has Had Her Cameo Necklace Snatched Away By Her Sister? Inheritance Disputes Aren’t Funny! Avoid Inheritance Disputes Over Your Heirlooms Heirlooms such as jewelry, cookie jars, framed pictures or quilts to name a few can spur a fight like no dollar bill ever could. Every time you turn around these days,…
When Planning Involves A Vacation Or Dinner Out With Friends, We Are All Over It. Yet, often, when planning is about our death or our life as an elderly person, not so much. Unfortunately, when we fail to plan for when we cannot make our own decisions or when we die, our family suffers most.…
Learning estate planning is quite a bit different than learning to replace a spigot on You-Tube. With so much information available online today from learning home repair hacks and even publishing your own book, it is tempting to try to do this for yourself. Making an appointment to see an attorney is hardly at the…
Wills are an integral part of a good estate plan. Yet as an estate planning and probate law firm, we often recommend a plan that is built on a living trust. In fact, we offer a free monthly seminar that we call a Living Trust Seminar. The reason we do this is because, in most…
In the estate-planning arena, we joke that no one wants to come in to see us because we talk about death. The truth is, estate planning can help as much with things that occur in life as much as death. Here are four ways a sound plan can help with life. Your Plan Can Avoid…
A Special Needs Trust Is An Ideal Tool For Managing Care For A Disabled Family Member When structured correctly, it can provide such supplemental items as therapy, companions, education or respite care for caregivers without interfering with the beneficiary’s government assistance programs. A Special Needs Trust can work extremely well when it is drafted to…
More than 55 percent of adult Americans have no form of a Will or Estate Plan. With these kinds of statistics, the chances are good when someone dies, the family struggles to locate a will after dying. If you have had this happen to a family member, chances are you know how challenging the situation…
Should You Choose A Will Or Trust? When it is time to arrange for your final wishes to be carried out and for laying out instructions for disposing of your real estate and personal property, you can choose a will or a trust. Both documents will get the job done but are executed very differently.…
What Is A Legal Conservator? A conservator is a person who has been appointed by the courts in Arizona to conserve the assets of another person. A person who has become unable–either permanently or temporarily–to make his or her own financial decisions may have a conservator named to help them pay bills, manage finances and…