Estate Planning And Elder Law Services In Orlando And Beyond
As your parents age, they may become increasingly reliant on you for support and care. However, while many elderly parents continue to live independently, some may develop medical or cognitive conditions that require them to have a legal guardian. At this time, you...
One thing that you may want to consider when doing your estate planning is to set up your medical wishes in advance. There are a few different ways that you do this, and they can be very helpful for your family. Remember that making medical decisions for a loved one...
Not many things are as difficult as watching your parent or grandparent become frail and lose their independence due to old age. Unfortunately, old age comes with its share of challenges. Depending on the age-related complications they are dealing with, the symptoms...
There are many different kinds of trusts that people create to protect their property or provide resources for the people that they love. How you structure the trust, who has access to its resources and what changes you may need to make to the trust help determine the...
If you’re preparing to develop your estate plan, you likely feel good about how much you’ll be able to leave to your loved ones and perhaps other beneficiaries. Everyone wants to make their children’s lives a bit better and easier than theirs. You may have enough so...
People sometimes worry about being too young for estate planning, and this is a common myth. They assume that they don’t need to make an estate plan until they are much older, but the reality is that it can be beneficial even at a young age. But what about the...
This Christmas will have been the straw that broke the camel’s back for some families. Spending more time together than usual can make you realize that you no longer have much love for each other. It might even prompt you to edit your estate plan to remove someone...
You’re thinking about writing a will or making an estate plan, but everyone you talk to tells you that there’s no point in doing it yet. After all, you’re still in your 30s. Life expectancy at birth in the United States is around 76 years old – though it is falling –...
When people develop their estate plans, they often don’t bother asking their heirs whether they actually want the things they’re leaving them. They just assume they do – or they want them to have these items. When it’s money, of course, that’s not a problem. Even a...
A comprehensive estate plan has many components that let your loved ones know how to handle your assets when you die. One component that’s in some estate plans is a trust. When you establish a trust and transfer assets into it, the trust holds those assets until it’s...
