Recent Blog Posts
Removing A Personal Representative From An Estate In Probate Court
Except under extraordinary circumstances, the probate court must follow the instructions in a deceased person’s will. The estate must pay taxes and settle with creditors before the beneficiaries can receive the assets designated for them in the will, but the testator (the author of the will) has the final say regarding who should act… Read More »
The Elder Care Apps Have Arrived
It’s official. Baby Boomers are old. They might have tried to deny it until recently, but once the millennials let their hair go gray during the pandemic shutdown of 2020, it was time to face reality. Ever since they were young, Baby Boomers have done things differently from how their parents did them, and… Read More »
How Can You Tell Whether Seniors Are Capable Of Understanding Their Own Decisions?
Much of estate planning is an effort to avoid the things you fear, and one of the scariest parts of aging is losing the ability to make sound decisions or, even worse, knowing full well the implications of your decisions but having a court decide that you have lost your legal status as an… Read More »
Recently Divorced People, Update Your Estate Plan
A lot of things that are mundane when you are married are exhilarating when you are recently divorced, such as filing your income taxes or refinancing your home mortgage. If your marriage was riddled with conflict over finances, then it is a relief to manage your finances as a newly single person. You can… Read More »
6 Ways To Keep Your Assets Out Of Probate
According to the Physician on FIRE blog, in which FIRE stands for Financial Independence, Retire Early, the main purpose of estate planning is to avoid the costly and time-consuming process of probate. If you write a will, you have avoided the worst-case scenario, which is the court deciding how to divide your assets and,… Read More »
How To Stop Your Adult Children From Sabotaging Your Retirement Plans
Little children are expensive and time-consuming, but they are also adorable. As you pace around the living room at 2:00 in the morning, soothing a baby that woke up less than an hour after the last time you soothed him to sleep, you look forward to a time when your baby will be more… Read More »
Estate Planning Pro Tip: Don’t Be Insurance Poor
With the exception of the occasional sprightly gecko, it is very difficult to come up with a gimmick that will make people want to buy insurance; it simply isn’t glamorous or cool. Young people tend to think of insurance as something that old people buy, so perhaps the matinee idols of the Baby Boomer… Read More »
Aging In Place Begins In Middle Age
Time flies when you’re procrastinating. You may have just run a marathon at age 49, but that Red Hot Chili Peppers Jam that was blasting from the loudspeaker as you crossed the finish line was playing on the oldies station. You are wise to live in the moment and enjoy your health and wealth,… Read More »
Your Estate Plan: What Will It Take To Get Started?
Just because lawyers exist, this does not mean that it is impossible or inadvisable to follow the law on your own; the lawyers are there to give you advice or to speak on your behalf when things get complicated. Personal injury lawyers represent people who have suffered severe injuries in car accidents, but most… Read More »
Getting A Dementia Diagnosis Is A Real Possibility: Can Your Estate Plan Cope With It?
Fans everywhere were shocked and saddened to hear that Bruce Willis is retiring from acting after his diagnosis of aphasia, a neurological disorder involving deficits in the ability to use language. Some types of aphasia are associated with dementia, while other types occur as the result of a stroke; therefore, most patients diagnosed with… Read More »