Powers of Attorney

Revocable Living Trusts

Wednesday, July 1, 2020

    Many people chose to have trust based estate plans, instead of relying only on Wills.

    There are many good reasons to do a trust.

    One reason is that a trust will often allow you to avoid probate after your death.

Social Distancing, Creation of Wills and Trusts, and the Coronavirus/COVID 19 Pandemic

Thursday, March 19, 2020

    The current health crisis is causing some people to think seriously about creating a Will or a Trust.  It is causing others who have been thinking of this to stop putting it off, and to start actually working toward finding a lawyer to work with them on estate and incapacity planning.

What is a Life Estate?

Monday, November 11, 2019

    A life estate is created when someone gives the current rights to real estate to a third party (or retains these rights themselves), while giving the rights to that same piece of property to someone else after the holder of the current rights passes on.