Guardianships are legal arrangements that ensure a vulnerable adult or minor child has someone watching out for their best interests. However, considering the nature of a guardian's duties, it is not unusual for conflicts to arise when parties disagree over the care...
Estate Planning
3 Tips for Choosing a Trustee for Your Living Trust
You might be the person you trust the most when it comes to your property and assets. However, if you plan to create a living trust for estate planning purposes, you will need to appoint another person as administrator of the assets and property you put in the trust....
Is Having a Will Enough to Protect Your Wishes?
If you have a will, you have taken an essential step in preserving your legacy and wishes. However, having a will may not be enough. Depending on your planning goals, you may well need more than a will to ensure you protect yourself, your family, and your estate...
What is Incapacity and Why Do We Need to Plan For it?
We all know we're going to die someday, so when people think about making an estate plan, they often think about it in the context of final arrangements for what we leave behind. However, having an estate plan is also crucial in another situation, and one we don't...
In Estate Planning, Fair Is Not Always the Same Thing as Equal
When your children were young, you did your best to treat them fairly. You let them know you loved them equally and avoided giving preferential treatment to one of them. Not only did this help your kids feel equally loved and valued growing up, it also taught them...