Estate Planning

You’ve Signed Your Estate Planning Documents — Now What?

May 8, 2013

Once you’ve signed your estate planning documents—your will, powers of attorney and other important paperwork—you’re more prepared than most Americans. However, you’re not out of the woods yet. You need to make sure they’re ready when you need them. Keep them safe: Put your estate planning documents in a safe place, keeping in mind that [...]

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Three Dangerous Consequences of Putting Off Estate Planning

May 1, 2013

Any attorney can tell you it’s best to create your will while you’re healthy and in full command of all your resources. Unfortunately, though, some people just let time slip by. You need to know that putting off your estate planning can have disastrous consequences, and your loved ones could pay the price. A judge [...]

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Does an IRA Beneficiary Designation Override a Will?

April 24, 2013

I recently received a note from a woman whose mother had recently passed away. Her mother’s Will directed that her estate be divided equally among her three children. However, she had an IRA that listed one child as the beneficiary and it did not include the other two. “Does the beneficiary designation triumph over the [...]

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Can a Comatose Patient Communicate End-Of-Life Wishes?

March 27, 2013

A couple of weeks ago, I mentioned an article I read recently about a study that suggested 20 percent of the tens of thousands of  people in a vegetative state are able to communicate, but trapped in a body that does not allow them to do so. Using a functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) machine, [...]

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Life Or Death Decisions Are Never Easy

March 13, 2013

Visit NBCNews.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy The document that is often most difficult for my clients to sign is the Directive to Physicians, or living will, as many call it. It forces you to consider the potential that you may one day be lying unconscious in a hospital room [...]

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How Do I Revoke a Durable Power of Attorney In Texas?

March 5, 2013

A durable power of attorney is a written document that allows you to designate someone you trust to engage in specified business, financial and legal transactions on your behalf. It’s called “durable” because it does not terminate if you become disabled or incapacitated. But what if the person you name as your agent becomes estranged? [...]

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