May 3, 2023 | Estate Planning, Kerry Reilly
Lately I’ve seen quite a few social media posts from proud parents with their high school seniors, college decision days, etc. It is a big moment…your child is done with high school and next step is – gulp – college! Graduating from high school is a...
Mar 17, 2023 | Estate Planning, Kerry Reilly
This quote is from Amy Packard, creator of “Good to Go.” As estate planning attorneys, we ask our clients to “name a Personal Representative (f/k/a Executor)”. Once that person or people are named, how do we equip them for success, so they don’t get angry with us...
Feb 10, 2023 | Estate Planning
Or is it? When did you first do it, why did you first do it? Have your circumstances changed – were you initially single and are now married? Were you married and are now divorced? Were you single but now have a committed...
Dec 16, 2022 | Estate Planning, Sean Downing
After the unprecedented overturn of Roe v. Wade in the 2022 Supreme Court case, Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, other cases built on our constitutional “liberty” interests are at risk of being overturned. This includes the 2015 landmark case, Obergefell...
Nov 16, 2022 | Estate Planning
Most of us don’t warrant news coverage like Frank Fitz, of “American Pickers,” , or John Singleton, Director of “Boys N the Hood,” but each story could apply to us. Each man had a stroke. It seems neither had any sort of “permission slips,” in place for who could...
Aug 4, 2022 | Estate Planning
Folks often think of estate planning as something to consider in one’s 40s, 50s, 60s, or beyond. However, preparing an estate plan with your lawyer at any age is a good idea – even for your college-bound 18-year-old. Even though your child still feels like...