Insurance for estates can be tricky. The first thing you need to do is notify the decedent’s insurance agent right away that the decedent has passed. There are a number of reasons for this. [...]
Do you understand your healthcare advance directives? What is the difference between the healthcare power of attorney and living will? How do the documents work together? The Healthcare Power of [...]
Ohio does not have a standardized medical authorization form to allow parents to designate someone to make healthcare decisions for their children. However, it is quite likely that little Johnny [...]
If anyone every asks about bank forms for POA, my advice is simple-sign them. If there’s one act that gives the bank employees pause, it’s when someone walks in with a Power of [...]
If the decedent died owning a boat, the question becomes who’s taking the boat? It’s pretty much the same answer that I give to any legal question. It depends. Here’s the [...]
For the executor who is unprepared, banking matters can be a little overwhelming. Banks are highly regulated and there are a lot of requirements that their employees must follow. There are more [...]
The biggest challenge as an estate attorney might be maintaining trust among all of the beneficiaries through the probate administration. It’s understandable. Often, the probate [...]
There are some additional considerations when planning for unmarried couples. While there are plenty of people who consider themselves happily unmarried, the laws of inheritance might not be so [...]
Sorting It Out Later is Not An Estate Plan. Here’s what I mean by that… Recently someone came to me to divide assets between the children of a deceased parent. The parent’s [...]
You really don’t want your business in probate. It’ll just be messy. There’s really no other way to put it. There are a few reasons for this. First, the delays of a probate [...]