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Medicaid Protection Trust and When to Use One
Medicaid can be a great way for people with lower incomes to ensure that their health needs are met. In addition, it can be a useful tool for preparing for your health needs in your later years. Should something happen to you, and you need to stay in a nursing home,...
Now is a Good Time to Make Sure Your Plan is Up-To-Date
Has your financial or medical situation changed since your plan was created? Have any of your children or grandchildren gotten divorced and remarried, or started families of their own? Do your beneficiary designations continue to reflect your wishes? What about the...
Don’t Let Your Vacation Home Cause Double Probate Problems
When it comes to providing for your loved ones after you’ve passed on, you want to make things as easy as possible. This means, among other things, avoiding the lengthy and burdensome probate process. But even if you take the proper steps to protect your property, if...
The Objectives and Benefits of a Spendthrift Trust
A spendthrift trust is typically used to prevent a beneficiary from receiving his or her inheritance all at once. There are several reasons why a grantor (the person who creates the trust) might want to consider such an approach. The most obvious reason is that the...
Preserving Legacies: Navigating Alzheimer’s and Estate Planning with Compassion
Estate planning can be a difficult task under any circumstances. When it comes to working with a loved one suffering from dementia, however, it can be that much more fraught. Ensuring that all of the necessary documents are in place while treating your family member...
Building Up to Your Financial Milestones
When it comes to future planning, you can’t expect everything to happen at once. Achieving your financial goals takes both time and a well-thought-out plan. Nonetheless, it’s important to set benchmarks for yourself, so you know what you need to work towards. Reaching...
Myths and Misconceptions about Probate
Simply put, probate is a legal process for settling debts and distributing assets after a person passes away. There are many myths and misconceptions about the probate process, the most common of which we will dispel here. If the decedent had a will, his or her estate...
3 Not So Well-Known Estate Planning Facts
Estate planning can be a serious business. After all, the future of your family depends upon it. However, there can be a lighter side to the process as well. People have been making out wills and trusts for thousands of years, and it only stands to reason that estate...
Gen Z Already Has Eyes Set on Retirement
Many members of the so-called Generation Z, despite their young age, are already looking ahead to retirement. Gen Z—encompassing people born from roughly the mid-to-late ‘90s through the early 2010s—have many qualities as a cohort that has led to them having their...
The Importance of a Durable Power of Attorney for Unmarried Couples
If you’re married, you automatically receive certain rights when it comes to estate planning. For example, even if you have failed to draw up a will or make other arrangements for your property, your spouse will be a primary beneficiary of your estate. Similarly, your...
In-Home Care: What you Need to Know Before Hiring a Nurse
When an aging parent needs a little extra daily help, it can be difficult to know exactly how to proceed. In addition to determining the appropriate level of in-home care for your loved one, you need to make sure that you hire a dedicated, caring professional who will...
A Will is a Key Component of Any Estate Plan, But It’s Not Enough
When most people think of estate planning, usually writing out their will comes to mind. While a will can help you accomplish a number of important planning goals, it’s certainly not a complete plan to protect your future. Many people know that a will allows you to...
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