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What You Should Never Put in Your Will
Creating a Will is an essential part of any solid estate plan. It enables you to specify your wishes for the assets you leave behind after you pass.
The 5 Main Steps in Estate Planning
An estate plan is critical in the management of your assets if something should happen to you. It ensures that when you pass, your loved ones will be taken care of and your assets will be distributed in an efficient and stress-free way.
10 Questions to Ask an Attorney About Living Trusts
Creating a living trust is an essential part of the estate planning process. It allows you to put your assets into a trust during your lifetime, making for the easy and efficient transfer of assets after you’ve passed.
What Does an Estate Lawyer Do for You?
We are often asked, “What does an estate lawyer do for you?” Well, an estate lawyer’s role is to help you plan and prepare your financial and other affairs in the case of your death or in a situation that you can no longer make decisions and care for yourself.
How to Organize Important Papers
As an attorney that practices in estate planning and probate, this is a topic that I discuss frequently. I help people when they are planning for their estate as well as the children who are administering their parents’ estate and trying to locate the important papers that contain the information they need.
Do Estate Planning Attorneys Go To Court?
When people think of attorneys, they often picture them in court in front of a judge arguing a case, as we see on TV shows like Law and Order. That’s not necessarily true for all attorneys, so, do estate planning attorneys go to court?
What Are The Main Steps in Estate Planning?
Estate planning isn’t something that only the wealthy or those that are older should be considering. Everyone who has assets to leave and loved ones to leave them to can benefit from having an estate plan.
Questions to Ask Your Estate Planning Attorney
Here are some questions and qualities to look for when searching for help with your estate plan. These are also the same reasons why you should choose to work with us if you are in Arizona or California.
10 Tips for Successful Estate Planning
If you want to have a successful estate planning process, you need to start the work early. Estate planning isn’t just for millionaires and the elderly. Estate planning is for everyone!
10 Estate Planning Mistakes to Avoid
If you want to start preparing for your future, make sure you know what common estate planning mistakes to avoid. Working with an experienced estate planning law firm that you trust is key, but there are other steps you should take as well.
Business Interests Must Be Included in Your Estate Plan
Many people today are operating a business. Some simply own rental property under their name, others work full time for themselves.
10 Essential Estate Planning Tips Everyone Should Know
There are estate planning tips everyone should know to prepare for the future and protect what they’ve worked so hard to build. It can be easy to put off these decisions for as long as possible because they’re difficult and even uncomfortable.
What Happens to Minor Children if Their Parents Die?
You’ve likely heard the proverb, “It takes a village to raise a child.” Well, if you have children, nieces, nephews, or grandchildren that are minors, then you should have a family conversation about guardianship and what happens to minor children if their parents die.
At What Age Should You Start Estate Planning?
If you’re like most people, you probably think that estate planning isn’t an urgent matter. Countless people continuously procrastinate on this task, and, for some, the unthinkable happens before they can complete it.
Essential Estate Planning for New Parents
When you’re a new parent, there are a million things to think of and plan for and you are constantly preoccupied with your baby’s health and wellbeing. Chances are, completing your essential estate planning for new parents isn’t on your mind.
What is the Difference Between a Will and Estate Planning
Both Wills and estate planning have the same goal: to ensure that loved ones receive the financial support they need to continue after the decedent has passed away. This support could come in the form of the family home, a car, jewelry, or even financial accounts.
Do I Need a Will in Arizona if I Have No Assets?
It’s a common question whether a Will is necessary for the state of Arizona if you have no assets. This thinking is why many opt to forgo a Will without realizing that they do, indeed, have assets to protect.
Would You Benefit from Asset Protection Planning?
Estate planning is a way to transfer your assets to your heirs on your death. There are many ways to make sure that your wishes are carried out after you die, usually in the form of a will or trust.
The Top Three Benefits of a Living Trust
Living trusts are a valuable estate planning tool with tremendous benefits for both the trustor (the person who sets up the trust) and the beneficiaries (those who will eventually receive the property that is placed inside the living trust). Living trusts are not particularly expensive or complicated for an experienced Arizona estate planning attorney, like the attorneys of Dana and Associates, to set up.
“We Need to Do Our Will”
Most people recognize that estate planning is something they should do, much like going to the dentist, but so many of us never get around to actually getting it done. It is common to say “we need to do our will” but never make the time to consult an estate planning attorney or write a simple will at home.
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