by Trust Counsel | Jan 9, 2024 | Articles, Asset Protection, Estate Planning, Family, Financial, Guardianship, Health Care Directive, Incapacity, Inheritance, Kids Protection Planning, Trusts, Uncategorized, Wills
Last week, we started our discussion on estate planning for a loved one with a dementia diagnosis What Caregivers Need to Know About Estate Planning for a Loved One With Dementia – Part 1 and what this means for their ability to protect their wishes through an estate...
by Trust Counsel | Jan 9, 2024 | Articles, Asset Protection, Estate Planning, Family, Guardianship, Health Care Directive, Incapacity, Inheritance, Kids Protection Planning, Retirement, Trusts, Wills
Caring for a loved one with dementia is a challenge that millions of families undertake each year. As a caregiver, understanding how a dementia diagnosis affects your loved one’s legal decision-making is crucial to ensuring their wishes are honored and that you are...
by Trust Counsel | Jan 8, 2024 | Articles, Asset Protection, Estate Planning, Family, Guardianship, Inheritance, Kids Protection Planning, Probate, Trusts, Uncategorized, Wills
Losing a loved one is an incredibly challenging experience, and the journey through grief can be both complex and overwhelming. Unfortunately, we all experience grief at one time or another, and knowing how to manage your own grief and how to be there for others who...
by Trust Counsel | Jan 8, 2024 | Articles, Asset Protection, Estate Planning, Family, Financial, Guardianship, Health Care Directive, Incapacity, Inheritance, Kids Protection Planning, Trusts, Uncategorized, Wills
As we welcome the New Year, filled with hope and resolutions for a brighter future, if you have minor children or grandchildren, put this commitment at the top of your list– a Kids Protection Plan ®. Even if you have already named legal guardians for your children (or...
by Trust Counsel | Jan 5, 2024 | Articles, Asset Protection, Business Succession, Celebrity Estates, Estate Planning, Trusts, Wills
Jeffrey Epstein’s signing of a Will two days before his suicide leaves many legal issues that I hypothesize will take more than a decade to decide. By creating a “pour-over Will” into a trust he created, we know that he has planned for privacy regarding who are his...
by Trust Counsel | Nov 17, 2023 | Articles, Asset Protection, Family, Financial, IRAs / 401(k), Retirement, Special Needs Planning, Uncategorized, Wills
This week, I explain how the law affects retirement distributions for married couples, and why you need to be extra careful with your retirement planning if you’re part of a blended family. Read more… What You Must Know About Your Right to Your Spouse’s Retirement...