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If you will be handling the estate of a loved one or you are assisting someone with the job, you may have a general idea of what you need to do, but it can be hard to understand the specifics. It is essential to comply with local legal requirements which […]
Recent studies show that one out of every five adults of working age in the U.S. has provided care to an older adult such as a parent or grandparent. The care, consideration, and sacrifices revealed by this statistic are heart-warming because the relationships strengthened through the caregiving arrangement can be […]
You may have heard about strategies for avoiding guardianship or establishing alternatives to guardianship but don’t understand the reason for the concern. What’s so bad about guardianship that you need to pay so much attention to alternatives? While every guardianship proceeding is different, when you understand the overall process and […]
Some people mistakenly believe that if they die without a will, then no one has to deal with probate. Technically, the word probate concerns proving the validity of a will, so there is reason for feeling that a will is necessary for probate, but that is not the case. The […]
If you have served as an executor of an estate before and are now being asked to administer a trust—or vice versa—it is helpful to understand the similarities and differences between the processes. Trust administration is often less complex than estate administration, but that depends entirely on the terms of […]