As you know, an estate plan is crafted in anticipation of your passing. One of its primary goals is the management of your assets, which may be donated or distributed amongst heirs. Within your estate plan, in addition to naming beneficiaries and detailing funeral...
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Understanding the Power of Attorney
You may have heard the phrase "power of attorney" before and may associate it with someone giving another person permission to make legal decisions for them. While that is part of it, a power of attorney is the most critical estate document you will ever sign. People...
2 key issues business owners must address in their estate plans
Personal circumstances have a strong influence on someone's estate planning needs. Frequently, people will have to choose what kinds of documents to include in their plans and how to organize the distribution of their property based on what assets they own and who...
Can a simple clause help you prevent estate litigation?
Your estate plan determines what resources your loved ones have access to after your death and outlines the legacy you leave. You may invest a considerable amount of time in the process of reviewing your assets and relationships to create an estate plan....
Will you need to handle probate in more than one state?
Your mom lived in Texas when she passed away, so you knew that you’d have to handle an out-of-state probate case when she died. You don’t live in Texas, but you were happy to fly into the state and try to handle the issues with her estate when the time came. What you...
How much do you have to travel for out-of-state probate?
When your loved one passed away in Texas, one of your immediate concerns was how often you’d need to be there to handle the estate. You were happy to become the executor of their estate when they lived with you in Oklahoma, but you didn’t realize that they had kept...
How should you prepare to meet with the court through video?
If your mother or father retired in Texas and has passed away, you will need to probate the will in Texas. You may want to do this from afar, which is actually fairly simple at the moment. Instead of having to fly into Texas, take time off work and spend time in the...
When should you look to assign power of attorney?
Just creating the absolutely essential estate documents won't fully protect you. It's best to consider documents that you may only need in unusual circumstances, not just the most basic and standard forms. Most people never need powers of attorney. These documents...
What are your responsibilities as an executor?
As an executor of a loved one’s estate, you have several important duties that you need to follow through on. An executor, sometimes also called an administrator of the estate, performs essential functions to help resolve the estate and take care of debts and the...
What makes someone a good executor?
Your estate needs to have at least one person established who can take over the role of being the executor of the estate after you pass away. There are many people in your family and friend group that you may think would be suitable for this role, but before you...
