by Trust Counsel | May 22, 2020 | Articles, Health Care Directive
The pandemic is causing us to consider a lot of things that we may not have before, even if maybe we should have. It brings to mind something a colleague of mine shared recently. One unremarkable weekend, she left her small children with a babysitter and headed out to...
by Trust Counsel | May 20, 2020 | Articles, Asset Protection, Estate Planning, Inheritance
If you’re a parent, you may feel even more guilty than usual. If so, you are definitely not alone. Currently, the burden is on you to both carry on with your work and manage your child’s full-time care and education. Two full-time jobs that you’re trying to do by...
by Trust Counsel | May 13, 2020 | Articles, Celebrity Estates, Estate Planning, Estate Tax, Financial
Rising to fame in the founding decades of rock and roll, the story of Little Richard is a true rags-to-riches tale. Little Richard went from washing dishes for a living to a world-famous celebrity, inspiring millions of fans and generations of future musicians and...
by Trust Counsel | May 11, 2020 | Articles, Health Care Directive
Wills, trusts, health care directives, powers of attorney, and legal guardian nominations are on many of our hearts and minds as COVID-19 compels us to face our own fragility and mortality. It’s not as if we didn’t know we would all die (or become incapacitated) one...
by Trust Counsel | May 4, 2020 | Articles, Estate Tax, Family, Health Care Directive
In a previous article, we shared steps to understanding your parents’ estate planning and the nature of their assets, as well as how to ensure you’re not left with a mess when something happens to them. Today, we want to focus on one of the major risks of not being...