Estate Planning · March 17, 2025

If something happened to you on vacation, would your kids be safe? Without a Kids Protection Plan®, your children could end up in the care of strangers or social services during an emergency. A Kids Protection Plan® provides legal documents, emergency instructions, and trusted guardian designations to ensure your children are protected no matter what happens. Don’t leave their safety to chance—learn how to create a Kids Protection Plan® before your next trip for total peace of mind.

Estate Planning · March 10, 2025

🏳️‍🌈 Protect What Matters Most 🏳️‍🌈 In uncertain times, same-sex couples face unique challenges in safeguarding their rights and assets. Estate planning isn’t just about paperwork—it’s about ensuring your relationship, property, and family remain protected no matter what the future holds. Discover key strategies to secure your legacy, protect your partner, and avoid legal pitfalls. Don’t leave your future to chance—plan with confidence today.

Estate Planning · February 24, 2025

Shannen Doherty's last-minute divorce highlights a crucial lesson in estate planning during life’s transitions. Her strategic timing likely saved her estate millions and spared her family from potential legal battles. This article delves into the importance of timely updates to your estate plan during a divorce. Learn how proactive planning can protect your assets and prevent unwanted disputes, ensuring your wishes are honored without burdening your loved ones.

Estate Planning · April 01, 2024

Navigating the end of a relationship, whether through breakup, divorce, or death, is a reality we often shy away from. Yet, it's essential to plan for these eventualities to protect ourselves, our partners, and our assets. The intersection of love and law is complex, involving critical areas such as property ownership, healthcare decisions, guardianship for children, and business interests. Without proper planning, you risk leaving your loved ones vulnerable to legal and financial difficulties.

Estate Planning · April 22, 2022

Whether it’s to qualify for Medicaid, avoid probate, or reduce your tax burden, transferring ownership of your home to your adult child during your lifetime may seem like a smart move. But in nearly all cases, it’s actually a huge mistake, which can lead to dire consequences for everyone involved. With this in mind, before you sign over the title to your family’s beloved homestead, consider the following potential risks.

Estate Planning · February 18, 2022

Divorce can be one of life's most stressful events. With so many major changes taking place, it's easy to forget to update your estate plan—or simply put it off until it's too late. After all, dealing yet with another lawyer is probably the last thing you want to do. However, neglecting to update your estate plan for divorce can have tragic consequences. And you shouldn't wait until the divorce is final to rework your plan—you should update it as soon as you realize the split is inevitable.

Estate Planning · March 19, 2021

A Lifetime Asset Protection Trust is a unique estate planning vehicle specifically designed to protect your children's inheritance from unfortunate life events. The sudden death of a Legendary host, Larry King, became controversial because of not using Lifetime Asset Protection Trust to distribute his assets to his children upon his death. His story demonstrates that do-it-yourself planning can have terrible consequences for your loved ones - even worse than if you had no estate plan at all.

Estate Planning · March 12, 2021

Setting up an estate plan is the best way to preserve wealth, but without a proper update of your estate can lead to misunderstanding and conflict that will make your assets tied up in the court instead of passing it to your family. This is what happened to the legendary tv and radio host, Larry King, who passed away this year, leaving his current family and children from his previous marriage in a legal battle over his estate because of not updating his estate plan.

Estate Planning · January 24, 2020

Whether you’re in the midst of a divorce, have been divorced for years, or are married with a prenup, it’s critical that you meet with your Personal Family Lawyer® and qualified tax advisor to discuss how this provision of the TCJA stands to affect you. Depending on your situation, you may modify your existing legal agreements to bring them into better alignment with the new rules or, establish a planning tool that could offset or lessen the new law’s impact on your tax obligations. 

Estate Planning · October 11, 2019

Same-Gender spouses are often challenged when they need to make parental, medical, and financial decisions for partners who are incapacitated or unable to communicate because they may have family members who remain opposed to the validity of their marriage. If you're in the same situation, you especially must need to put a comprehensive estate plan specifically design for your situation to ensure your planning strategies for your loved ones work exactly as you intended. Learn more here.