
Powers of Attorney and Asset Protection
Many people focus on only protecting their estate from probate. However, in the big picture, probate is the least of their worries.

Many people focus on only protecting their estate from probate. However, in the big picture, probate is the least of their worries.

Estate planning is the process of transferring the management of your assets, if and when you are unable to manage them yourself due to disability or death. Whether you have $100 or $100 million you should have an estate plan.

It’s difficult to go a few hours without interacting with a digital account. Whether that is email, online banking or social media, many daily tasks involve digital informational storage.

If you are caregiving from a distance (you live here and your parent or other loved one is in another state, a distant city or as close as an hour away), it can be even more daunting than doing it in your home.

Most people wish to have more control over who and how their assets are managed than what the state laws provide, and so they draft documents that can override the Laws of Intestacy, when those laws do not match their objectives.

Consult an elder care lawyer preemptively, to avoid making a panicked phone call in the moment.

When Pablo Picasso died in 1973 at the age of 91, he left behind about 45,000 works of art – so many that it would take the entire Empire State Building to display them all at the same time – and yet he didn’t leave a will.

These all-too-common misconceptions can steer your estate plans in the wrong direction right from the start. Here’s how to overcome them and tips to build the right plan for your family.

Supporting ‘whole-person wellness’ in senior living through strategic design is integral to supporting the well-being of residents, according to a new study.