Jennifer King, Author at Lilac City Estate Planning

Is your existing family protection plan enough to still protect your family?

Is a Military Will Enough Protection for my Family?

One of the benefits of serving in the United States Military is that you have access to free legal help for things like: Powers of Attorney, Wills & Living Wills, Family care & Family Estate Plan, Survivor benefits, Estate taxes, Probate. However, there are some very important limitations to these supports that you should be…

Why You Need to Update Your Estate Plan After These Life Events

Too many estate plans are created and then quickly forgotten, put on a shelf, and never looked at again. While we do recommend that you review and update your estate plan at least every three years, no matter what happens in your life, your plan must be updated immediately in the event of any of…

Create a Plan to Protect Your Children

Family is important. We have dedicated a big part of our business to supporting families in all phases of life. From Kids Protection Plans to disability and long term support advocacy. The one thing we know that always makes things easier, is the value of creating a plan. Remember When.. Think about it like…

The Value of Proper Protection Planning

Establishing an effective planning process with your estate lawyer is very important. Most estate lawyers will say, “Without proper planning…[fill in the blank].” But they don’t walk you through what that means or how you will know if you’ve actually set up a proper plan. They focus on what happens without the plan and leave…

The Three Tenets of All Successful VA Claims and Appeals

Like Social Security, many VA claims for service-connected disability compensation are denied in the initial claims process. The reasons for denial can be varied. For those seeking service connected claims while employed, or after recently being employed, the arguments of the VA often appear hard to overcome. In every case, there are three fundamental tenets…

Service Connection: How to Order Your Military Service Records For a Disability Claim

At its most basic level, service-connected disability is a loss of physical or mental function as a result of some aspect of your military service. The way you, me, or a nameless claims evaluator assess these descriptions are often wildly different. Because of this, it is an absolute must that you order your DD214 and…

Gulf War Illness and Unfair VA Claims Denial Practices

In our article, How the VA is Failing Gulf War Vets, we described how systematic problems at the VA seem to be resulting in neglect of legitimate service connected claims for Gulf War Illness. Since we published that article, Anthony Hardie, a Gulf War Veteran and Director for the Veterans for Common Sense published written testimony…

The VA is Failing Gulf War Veterans

“All over the country, it’s the same thing being reported. These people walk into a VA hospital or clinic and either the physicians don’t know about Gulf War illness or they pretend they don’t know and the Veteran ends up in the psych ward.” ~ Capt. David Winnett (USMC – Ret) Source Many Veterans have…