Is everything the same today as when you signed your will, trust agreement, and other estate planning documents? If not, then take steps to make sure your estate plan reflects those changes.
Category Archives: Trusts
California Law, Estate Planning, Estates, Life Changes, Probate, Trusts
Time for an Estate Plan Checkup?
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Apr
Apr
Failure to take the time to craft an estate plan could leave the state where you reside at the time of your death in the driver’s seat. Laws in most states set forth how to apportion property.
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Apr
Apr
People overlook many of these tasks and responsibilities on a day-to-day basis. However, consider how much money or time you would need to complete them if the stay-at-home parent is unable?
Estate Planning, Guardianship, Heirs, Inheritance, Trusts
A Supplemental Needs Trust Protects Loved Ones
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Mar
Mar
Most people think disability affects other people. However, approximately 61 million U.S. adults live with a disability. That translates to one in four adults. What’s more, between one and four 20-year-olds become disabled before reaching retirement age.
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Mar
Mar
People sell most NFTs in an online marketplaces. Some of the more popular NFT marketplaces include OpenSea, Mintable, Nifty Gateway, Rarible, and Zora. Purchase NFTs using cryptocurrency (crypto).
Adoption Law, Estate Planning, Life Changes, Trusts, Uncategorized
Springing Financial POA (Powers of Attorney)
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Feb
Feb
After a Financial POA springs, the person nominated to handle your affairs may do what you would have otherwise done sans incapacitation.
11
Feb
Feb
The reasons a trust-maker creates a trust emerge as important. However, your intent or purpose for creating a trust imparts legal ramifications. Therefore, a trust-maker must express (in writing) their intent or purpose for creating the trust.
California Law, Estate Attorney, Estate Planning, Trustee, Trusts, Uncategorized
More About a Common Trust
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Feb
Feb
The trust created often leaves instructions to the trustee. In these, they note that older children earn an advancement from the common trust. They use this to pay for expenses such as buying a home or starting a business.
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Jan
Jan
When you die, your accounts and property pass to minor children in equal shares. However, such money often proves insufficient for individual heir’s expenses.
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Jan
Jan
Whether you filed for Chapter 7 or Chapter 13 bankruptcy, assume that you own less money and property than before the bankruptcy. However, during the bankruptcy process, the court reports certain accounts and pieces of property under a federal or state exemption.