How do you envision your guardian angel? Maybe a soft-glowing aura around a heavenly being with outstretched wings to fly in when you need help. But this mythical creature might not appear when your parent or loved one is unexpectedly incapacitated and unable to make sound decisions. Fortunately, with guardianship of your elderly parents, you can serve as a protector …
Can you bubble-wrap your assets to protect them? This is bulky, cumbersome, and just not realistic. However, there are other ways to be proactive and protect what is most important to you and your business from being sued. What if you are a small-business owner and someone falls and gets injured at YOUR place of business? They could try to sue you professionally and …
A divorce can be an overwhelming experience that impacts every facet of your life. Your estate plan might not be at the forefront of your mind, but a divorce will affect it. Many people forget to update their plan or put it off until it’s too late. Failing to update your plan for divorce can have several potentially tragic consequences. …
Why Estate Planning Is Important (and Why You Need to Start Now) If you have kids, run a business, or just hate surprises, you know the intolerable wait-and-see feeling when a situation is out of your hands. Yet, many people who suffer frustration and panic when things are beyond their control put off completing one of the most important aspects …
What is the best investment you have ever made? It could have been stock options in a company, an NFT, an investment property, or a collectible item. As entrepreneurs, we think the most valuable investment you could make is to invest in yourself. The return on your investment (ROI) of yourself will help you to enjoy the profits now as well …
Planning a vacation is fun and exciting, however, there is a lot of preparation before the experience. The lists of what to do and what to bring is important but not as important as remembering to ENJOY a vacation. It’s supposed to be fun and relaxing, or at a minimum, memorable. Also, you can probably get plenty of deep thinking …
The term “estate planning” can sometimes seem cold and formal, even to an estate planning attorney. As a legal term, “estate” encapsulates everything you acquire throughout the course of your life: homes, property, stocks, wealth, and belongings. But is that really all you are? What about your values, the life lessons you have learned, the wise counsel you could pass …
Wisdom and death. These two words maintain an interesting relationship. Some people only gain the former after the latter has happened to someone close to them. How many times have we all heard that someone changes their outlook on life after the death of a loved one? There are multiple social media memes that ask you to hit “like” if …
These days, when the US Supreme Court decides a matter 8-1[1], it should be “breaking news!” That the case also involves estate planning matters means that you should know about it as soon as possible. So as not to keep you in suspense, here’s what is important. For life insurance policies that a married couple purchases and cross-designates the beneficiary, …
Sending your kids off to college is a bittersweet experience. Some parents are reluctant to let their children out into the real world, constantly worrying about their health and safety. Others are eager to remodel the child’s bedroom or take the couple’s vacations they never could when their kids were young. No matter how you feel about your child’s imminent …
