What is in a California Estate Plan?
Hidden Traps in Outdated Living Trusts
If you created a living trust 10 or 20 years ago, you probably need to update it to avoid problems for yourself and your beneficiaries. Even a living trust from five years ago could need some revisions if it is going to meet your current goals and needs.
A California estate planning attorney can...
How Difficult is it to Change my Will after it is Finalized?
You might decide sometime after making a will that you want to change some of the terms of the document. Perhaps one of the beneficiaries is now deceased, or you no longer own an item you gave away in the will. There can be many reasons for wanting to modify your will.
You do...
What is the Best Way to Ensure My Children Inherit My Home?
For many people, their home is their largest asset. Therefore, they want their children to inherit their home. Working with a California estate planning attorney is the best way to ensure your children inherit your home after your death.
Leaving Your Home to Your Adult ChildrenThere are four basic ways you can leave your home...
Estate Administration: What Does it Mean to File the Inventory?
If you are named to serve as the personal representative of a loved one’s estate, you will have many responsibilities under the California probate code. One of these tasks is to file an inventory with the probate court. You will have to follow the rules and perform this task correctly before the judge will...
What You Need to Know About the Latest Developments in Health Care Directives and Dementia Directives
Dementia is one of the common health issues that individuals face as they age. Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of dementia cause a person to lose their memory. They also lose the ability to understand many of the things going on around them, including the ability to make health care decisions.
A California elder law...
How are Annuities and Retirement Benefits Treated for Tax Purposes?
As you evaluate your preparations for retirement, you need to know how your income will get taxed after you stop working and have a fixed income. Many people rely primarily or solely on Social Security retirement benefits when they retire. Pensions are not as commonplace as they used to be. Some people invest...
10 Tips For Family Caregivers: Tips for Caring for Elderly Parents with Dementia
Serving as the caregiver for an aging relative with Alzheimer’s disease or another form of dementia can be exhausting, stressful, and isolating. Since millions of Americans find themselves in this situation, it could help if you have a few pointers to help you on this challenging path.
A California elder law attorney can...
What Can We Learn About Estate Planning from Britney Spears’ Situation?
The shocking truth that we all need to realize is that what happened to Britney Spears could happen to any of us. A judge could take away your control over your income, the assets you have built up over the years, your right to make medical decisions, and nearly everything else that matters to...
Understanding the Types of Guardianships
California allows for two types of probate guardianships for minor children and adults – guardianship of the person and guardianship of the estate. In the guardianship of the person, the court-appointed guardian acts in the place of a parent and makes the day-to-day kinds of decisions that a parent would for a child or...