As a part of your estate plan, you should establish your health care wishes if there comes a time when you can’t speak on your own behalf due to a serious illness or injury. Many people establish a health care proxy and give at least one person some power to make...
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Month: February 2021
Reduce conflicts with these tips for estate planning
It’s normal to see family members with differing opinions on how to handle the passing of a loved one. It’s normal to see them argue about caring for an elderly loved one who needs more care and attention than in the past. Unfortunately, those arguments could get out...
Estate planning tips for your art collection
A serious art collector may have hundreds of thousands or even millions of dollars in their collection. It will contain many one-of-a-kind pieces that simply can’t be found anywhere else. Even if you just collected art for the love of art itself, and not as an...
Here’s why a professional trustee — not family — may be better for a special needs trust
You’ve got a tight-knit family and you’ve always taken care of your own, so the whole idea of asking a stranger to manage your disabled adult child’s special needs trust makes you wildly uncomfortable. Just the same, it may be far wiser to go with a professional...
Can an aide help you stay in your home longer?
For many, long-term care planning means considering things like nursing homes and assisted living centers. You can work on all of this as part of your estate plan. You know that you could have many healthy years ahead of you, but that doesn’t necessarily mean that...
3 nightmares that a guardianship protects your parents from
Guardianship can seem like a punishment to an older adult still desiring independence, but that isn't an accurate perception of guardianship. Guardianship is actually a powerful tool that helps concerned family members or even strangers step up and help protect...