A life insurance policy sometimes provides money for continuing care of family members with long-term disabling health conditions.
Category Archives: Estate Planning
Elder Care, Elder Law, Estate Attorney, Estate Planning, Guardianship
Do You Need an Elder Law Attorney?
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Oct
Oct
Planning and asset protection ensures you or your loved one will receive the care they need.
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Oct
Oct
October is Special Needs Planning Month. To honor the event, let’s examine planning for disabled people. Plan so they live their best lives. Carefully manage family money to fit the disability-benefit rules. Also, provide additional perks for the disabled person. Finally, through strict rules, permit disabled people to exercise autonomy over some of the money […]
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Sep
Sep
Unfortunately, despite our best efforts, millions of people misplace wills and trust documents.
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Sep
Sep
The first way to properly prepare to receive an inheritance is to discover what you will be inheriting. Is it real estate, a 401(k), or an individual retirement account (IRA)?
Assets, Estate Planning, Inheritance, Life Changes, Trusts, Uncategorized
Community Property or Separate Property
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Sep
Sep
At the time of a death, the legal determinations ensure that the court distributes inheritances in an orderly fashion. Issues may arise during death or divorce depending on whether you live in a community property or separate property state. Based on differing expectations of all parties involved, disagreements may arise.
Estate Attorney, Estate Planning, Estates, Trustee, Trusts
A Separate Revocable Living Trust (RLT): What is it?
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Aug
Aug
When a married couple (the grantors) uses a joint RLT for estate planning, they also serve as initial trustees of the trust. The grantors then combine their separate property and joint property into the same trust.
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Jul
Jul
Depending on your parenting philosophy, decide you you want to treat your children or grandchildren. Treating loved ones equally means that they all receive the same amount.
Assets, California Law, Estate Planning, Heirs, Inheritance, Taxes, Trustee, Uncategorized
Wealth Transfer Checklist
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Jul
Jul
To help your loved ones avoid this troubling statistic, educate, and update your extended family about wealth transfer goals. Finally, it alerts them to the plan you created to achieve these goals.
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Jul
Jul
The person who was paid must not have been reimbursed by their insurance company. Reimbursed amounts do not qualify for eligibility under the unlimited medical exclusion tax-free gift category.