by Trust Counsel | Jul 13, 2020 | Articles, Health Care Directive
As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to ravage the country, doctors across the nation are joining lawyers in urging Americans to create the proper estate planning documents, so medical providers can better coordinate their care should they become hospitalized with the...
by Trust Counsel | Jun 1, 2020 | Articles, Health Care Directive, Incapacity
With the risks still posed by COVID-19, we all need to face the possibility that we could get sick, even if we take great care of ourselves through good nutrition, sleep, and exercise. And even if you don’t need to be hospitalized, if you do experience symptoms and...
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 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...
by Trust Counsel | Apr 10, 2020 | Articles, Health Care Directive
Right now, huge numbers of people are coming face to face with their own mortality, and realizing they need to plan for the worst. This goes not just for those of us in the “senior” category, but for all of us, no matter our age. We are facing the reality of our...
