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When you hear the term “nursing home asset protection,” you may scratch your head a bit. First of all, you may assume that it is unlikely that you will ever need nursing home care. Secondly, you may be under the impression that Medicare will pay for nursing home care if you ever need it. In… Read more »
One of the more common questions that estate planning lawyers get is when should the average person begin estate planning. The answer is simple; you should begin estate planning as soon as you become an adult. The primary reason for this is that estate planning is a process that allows you to make specific decisions… Read more »
If there’s one person who is least likely to step into an estate planning attorney’s office, it’s a person under the age of 40. Most younger people don’t really believe they need any kind of estate plan at all. Even if they’ve heard stories about what happens when you don’t have an estate plan, or… Read more »
When an adult in Texas becomes incapacitated and does not have an incapacity plan in place, it’s up to a Texas court to step in and name a guardian to manage that person’s affairs. The guardian’s duties will be determined by the court. These can include everything from managing the incapacitated adult’s finances, as well… Read more »
People in Dallas, Texas who want to make an estate plan will not only have to create devices that deal with what will happen to your property after you die, but also devices that will apply while you are still alive but are unable to make your own choices. When a person is no longer… Read more »
A properly created and funded revocable living trust is one of the best estate planning tools available today. Though not everyone needs a living trust, these tools are excellent for anyone who wants to ensure they keep their affairs private, avoid probate, and limit how much their estate will have to pay to wrap everything… Read more »
You might know that creating an estate plan is a great way to help you avoid probate, but what about living probate? Have you taken the steps to guard against the possibility that you might one day have to have someone appointed to make decisions on your behalf? Though a lot of people have heard… Read more »
While you might know that advance directives form an important part of every estate plan in Texas, you might not know that you need to update these documents on a regular basis. Like other pieces of your estate plan, your advance directives in Texas are something that you can’t simply create and then forget about…. Read more »
