Blog: Estate Planning
Brandon Estate Lawyer: 3 Questions When Making a Living Trust
Are you looking for a way to protect your privacy, avoid probate, and determine who can take care of your affairs if you’re incapacitated or when you’ve passed on? Then a Living Trust might be the tool for you. It’s an essential estate planning document since it...
Brandon Will and Trust Lawyer: How to Tackle Estate Planning Later in Life
Is it true that it can sometimes be too late to begin estate planning or asset protection planning? Like most things, the answer is a little bit yes and a little bit no. What it comes down to are the options you have available to you when you begin planning with a...
Tampa Probate Lawyer Says, “Give Your Executor a Hand – Let Them Know Where Your Documents Are Located!”
The executor of your estate has an important job to complete once you’re gone. However, that job can be made exponentially harder, or virtually impossible, if they are unable to locate the documents necessary to handle your final affairs. Worse is when a person thinks...
Everything You Need to Know About Medicaid Special Needs Trusts |Tampa Estate Lawyers
Tampa estate lawyers who have experience with special needs planning are always on the lookout for the most effective ways to protect their clients’ assets and ensure that they get the right level of care necessary to live fulfilling lives. One of the best ways...
Tampa Trust Lawyer Shares Important Estate Planning Tips for Single Parents
According to an analysis of U.S. Census Bureau Data, 24 million children in the United States are living with an unmarried parent. Most of those children -- 15 million of them -- are living with a single mother. The rest are either living with a single father or with...
Tampa Elder Lawyer on Proactive Estate Planning and Dementia
As medical technology advances, people in developed countries like the United States are living longer than ever. As a result, aging populations and their loved ones are struggling to cope with some of the medical conditions that tend to cause incapacity in old age,...
Brandon Will and Trust Lawyer: Dealing with Excuses When Talking to an Older Parent About Estate Planning
Need help motivating your parent to meet with a Brandon will and trust lawyer? The legal planning process is usually initiated by an adult child who sees a need for help and is often met with hesitation by the parents.
How Trusts Can Protect an Inheritance for an Adult Child Who Struggles with Substance Abuse
Statistics show that 21.5 million adults in the United States battle with some kind of substance abuse disorder. Whether the addiction is alcoholism, drug abuse, or even behavioral addictions like gambling, leaving an inheritance to an adult child who is struggling...
Tampa Will Attorney: How to Encourage Your Elderly Parent to Plan Their Estate
“In this world, nothing is certain except death and taxes,” as Benjamin Franklin once said. Indeed, we cannot escape the reality that we will all die someday. And consequently, we will certainly have to pay taxes. This reality can hit exceptionally close to home for...
In Case of Emergency: Take These Steps to Let Authorities Know You Have a Child with Special Needs At Home | Brandon Special Needs Lawyers
The possibility of unexpected death or incapacity is something no parent likes to think about, but as Brandon special needs lawyers, it’s our job to ensure that families are legally prepared for the worst. With that said, imagine being involved in a serious accident...
Tampa Will and Trust Lawyer Answers, “Can Minors Inherit Assets?”
Although it is possible for a minor to inherit assets, the individual to whom an asset goes cannot claim it until he or she reaches the age of maturity. In the event that both parents die, a court-appointed judge will designate a legal guardian who will be responsible...
How to Properly Liquidate a Loved One’s Home
Liquidate Your Home (or a Loved One's) When a loved one will no longer be returning to their home the family needs to secure the assets of their loved one in the newly abandoned home. The family has a number of responsibilities, among those are: Immediately secure the...
Planning for a Special Needs Child
Quite often, I receive phone calls from parents of a special needs child concerned about how to plan for that child should something happen to them. For every phone call I receive, I know there at least ten other families out there who have not thought about planning...
Durable Power of Attorney – Why does your eighteen year old need one?
Do you have children that have turned eighteen or about to turn eighteen? Do you have children that are in college or on their way to college? A few things every parent should know when your child turns 18 Did you realize that once your child turns eighteen your...
Should I draft my own estate planning documents?
You’ve seen the commercials with OJ Simpson’s attorney telling you to go to a certain website, put in some information, and you can prepare your own estate planning documents with the click of a mouse. And I say – absolutely, go ahead and do that. Why would I say...