Category: Durable Power of Attorney

What’s the Importance of Having a Financial Power of Attorney?

Imagine that tomorrow you suddenly become severely ill or incapacitated. Who would take care of your finances? How would...

Here’s Why a Basic Form Doesn’t Work for Estate Planning

However, some want you to believe that you need only purchase a form to have an effective estate plan. Using this form, you...

Common Estate Planning Mistakes You Can Easily Avoid

Estate planning attorneys see them all the time: the mistakes that people make when they try to create an estate plan or a...

Here’s How You Know You’re an Adult: 10 Important Documents

Fifty is a little on the late side to start taking care of these important life matters. However, it is better late than...

Estate Planning Documents and Medicaid Planning

The conversation that you have with an estate planning attorney, when you are in your thirties with a new house, young...

Here’s Why You Need an Advance Health Care Directive

elAs a cognitively healthy adult, you have the right to be informed about the state of your health and make your own...

What Are the Five “Must Have” Estate Planning Documents?

It's important to have certain binding legal documents in place if you become disabled due to an illness or accident. These...

Celebrity Estate Battles Provide Valuable Lessons on Estate Planning

The biggest issues in inheritance and estate planning battles stem from Alzheimer's disease, widowed stepmothers, and estate...

The Big Problem with Do-It-Yourself Online Wills

An estate planning attorney would much rather not see a family undergoing unnecessary stress and expenses. Do-it-yourself...

Powers of Attorney: What Are the Common Myths?

While most of us have heard of a power of attorney, or POA, many have misconceptions about them. The Lubbock...