Choose Wisely When Naming an Agent with a Power of Attorney

Children may have moved away or lost touch. Old contacts may have died or become disabled. You cannot trust everyone and criminal cases based on misuse of a power of attorney do exist.
5 Tips to Help You Avoid Estate Planning Scams

The Wealth Advisor’s recent article entitled “Beware of These Common Estate Planning Scams” advises you to avoid these common estate planning scams. Cold Calls Offering to Prepare Estate Plans. Scammers call and email purporting to be long lost relatives who’ve had their wallets stolen and are stranded in a foreign country. Seniors fall prey to…
Well-Played: Country Legend Toby Keith’s Legacy Protected for His Family

Learn how country legend Toby Keith protected his family’s future through careful estate planning and why starting early is crucial for everyone.
Medicaid Care Planning with an Elder Law Attorney

Learn how an elder care attorney can help you create a strategy to provide asset protection and access to long-term care with Medicaid planning.
Single and Over 50? Estate Planning Is a Must

The population of single adults without children aged 50 and over is growing. Estate planning for single people can protect your future quality of life and carry on your wishes when you’re gone.
Is Your Student Off to College? Make Sure These Legal Documents are Available

Ensure your college-bound child’s safety and peace of mind with essential legal documents for college students. HIPAA waivers, powers of attorney, and other documents are indispensable.
Celebrity Estate Planning Mistakes to Avoid

If you follow celebrity news, you can’t help but get a little education about estate planning—you could fill a whole textbook with their cautionary tales.
Medicare Advantage: Costs and Consequences

As over half of Medicare beneficiaries are now enrolled in Medicare Advantage (MA) plans, concerns are mounting over the increased financial burden these plans place on Medicare’s finances. Despite the higher costs, MA plans do not deliver better health outcomes or more affordable care for enrollees compared to Traditional Medicare.
Older Singles Can Plan to Protect Themselves

Aging solo is about those individuals who are widowed or not married, live alone and have no family or none they can count on. They are going through the last years of their lives on their own. It can be just fine until one’s health declines and the usual activities and access to friends get out of reach.
How to Pass on Family Heirlooms with Fewer Estate Battles

There are better—and often more creative—ways to plan and divide that can avoid family squabbles over cars, jewelry, furniture and household items.