Tag Archives: Estate Plan
How to Remove an Appointed Guardian
The work people put into building a life and family is usually with an eye toward having the ability to retire and relax in financial security after many years of effort and sacrifice. Enjoying the last years of one’s life in comfort, while knowing the financial future of one’s family is taken care of… Read More »
Amending and Revoking Wills and Trusts
Thinking about death and the people left behind is not a topic likely to find many takers, but death is the one event in life that no one is able to escape. Additionally, when a person is young and healthy, thoughts of illness and death seem so far away and unrelated to where they… Read More »
How Divorce Affects Contractual Obligations for the Distribution of Assets after Death
When most people first think of divorce, the after-effects on a person’s estate plan is not likely to come to mind. Usually, people think about selling the marital home, dividing property, determining who will pay child support, and deciding how the split parenting time with the children. They may assume that the rules of… Read More »
New Law Outlines Access to Online Accounts of the Deceased
Until relatively recently, important documents, like wills and trusts, were commonly kept in home safes or bank safety deposit boxes to protect the information from theft, destruction or alteration. A person might have also opted to keep duplicate copies in different locations as a failsafe. However, as technology and people become more and more… Read More »