estate planning

How to Help Your Family Use Your Estate Planning Forms in An Emergency

How to Help Your Family Use Your Estate Planning Forms in An Emergency

In an emergency, everything is chaotic and stressful. Family members are often distraught and unable to clearly (and quickly) think about your wishes. What will happen to your children if you and your spouse are no longer able to care for them or yourselves? How will your family know your wishes or have access to…

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Durable Power of Attorney, Health Care Proxy, and Wills: What You Need to Know

Durable Power of Attorney, Health Care Proxy, and Wills: What You Need to Know

The estate planning process encompasses a range of important legal and financial matters. No one likes to think about death or dying, yet it is important to be prepared in case of an emergency. Especially, for instance, young parents who have minor children…what will happen to your kids if something happens to you? The “Durable”…

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How Legal Planning Helps Build a Strong Blended Family

How Legal Planning Helps Build a Strong Blended Family

How can legal planning help build a strong blended family?  The blended family is the product of second (or more) marriages, in which one or more of the parties comes with children from a prior marriage. And then, they may even go on to have children together. If you have or are part of a…

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Rock Solid Estate Plan

A Young Family’s Guide to a Rock Solid Estate Plan

What does a young family need for a rock solid estate plan? If you are under 40 years old, the chances of you have thought about, or even pursuing estate planning is pretty small. However, something brought you here, and that means you are on your way to changing the way you look at planning…

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4 Must-Have Estate Planning Documents for Every Young Adult

4 Must-Have Estate Planning Documents for Every Young Adult

You are young and you are ready to change the world!  But as you charge into the world, there’s something you maybe were never taught… The importance of taking steps to secure your current and future assets and estate through an appropriate estate plan.    Last Will and Testament A fully fleshed out estate plan consists…

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What You Need to Know about a Healthcare Power of Attorney

What You Need to Know About a Healthcare Power of Attorney (HPOA)

One of the things that often confuse people setting up estate plans is the difference between the various powers of attorney.  Often, people looking into estate planning ask questions like:  Can we just wrap this all up into one?  Why do I need all these when all I want to do is make sure my…

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HOW TO CHOOSE AN ESTATE PLANNING ATTORNEY

How To Choose An Estate Planning Attorney

In addition to this blog, there are hundreds of programs out there to help you in planning various parts of your estate.  However, estate planning is much more than filling in your name in a computer program and having a document printed on your computer.  A rock solid estate plan requires having someone who knows…

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Checklist: Six Must Have Items in Any Estate Plan

Checklist: Six Must Have Items in Any Estate Plan

Setting up a fully comprehensive estate plan means covering all the bases so that when you need the plan to work for you, it works the way you envisioned it would.  However, that also means planning for contingencies and getting things in order today, so that tomorrow your family or caretakers aren’t scrambling to figure…

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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…

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