by Trust Counsel | Apr 6, 2020 | Articles, Health Care Directive
It’s the beginning of the month, and bills are coming due. If you are stressed out, it’s important that you know where and how to get access to financial relief. Please consider this not only for yourself, but for your adult children and elderly parents, too, even if...
by Trust Counsel | Mar 25, 2020 | Articles, Health Care Directive
If you were hospitalized today and SOMEONE had to make decisions for you, who would it be? Do they know what you’d want and have legal authority to make decisions for you? This is critical whether you are young or old. If you are over the age of 18, and you cannot...
by Trust Counsel | Mar 23, 2020 | Articles, Family, Health Care Directive
There’s no doubt that your parents have survived frightening world events, whether that was World War II, the war in Vietnam, nuclear threat, illness, poverty, civil unrest, or all of the above. However, the use of the word “unprecedented” regarding what’s happening...
by Trust Counsel | Dec 20, 2019 | Articles, Asset Protection, Estate Planning, Family, Financial, Health Care Directive, Incapacity, Inheritance, Real Property / Real Estate, Retirement, Special Needs Planning, Trusts, Wills
With more and more Baby Boomers reaching retirement age each year, our country is undergoing an unprecedented demographic transformation that’s been dubbed “The Greying of America.” This population shift stands to affect many aspects of life, especially your...
by Trust Counsel | Apr 12, 2019 | Articles, Asset Protection, Health Care Directive
Selecting a beneficiary for your life insurance policy sounds pretty straightforward. You’re just deciding who will receive the policy’s proceeds when you die, right? But as with most things in life, it’s a bit more complicated than that. It can help to keep in mind...
by Leslie Marenco | Jun 9, 2017 | Articles, Estate Planning, Health Care Directive
As a parent, you are most likely quite accustomed to managing the legal and medical affairs of your children, as circumstances require. If your child requires urgent medical attention while away from you, a simple phone call authorizing care usually can do the trick....