by Susan Grissom | Apr 7, 2020 | Estate Planning, Wills & Trust
As the first quarter of 2020 draws to a close and perhaps your new year’s resolutions have been forgotten, now is a great time to get your affairs in order. If you haven’t already done so, now is the right time to make your end-of-life wishes clear and to put specific...
by Susan Grissom | Mar 24, 2020 | Estate Planning, Wills & Trust
One of the most dramatic scenes often depicted on television and in movies shows a family gathered around an attorney for the reading of a loved one’s will. That scene has been portrayed so often, many people assume it is the one and only way the contents of a will...
by Madalyn Davis | Mar 17, 2020 | Estate Planning, Wills & Trust
You have just welcomed a new addition, a baby, into the world! It’s exciting, it’s exhausting, and it’s a little bit terrifying. After a few weeks, or months, when your life starts to settle into a new routine with this tiny human, and your brain has...
by Madalyn Davis | Mar 3, 2020 | Wills & Trust
Most people aren’t aware that a Will they wrote prior to a marriage or the birth of a child is likely revoked, at least in part, and no longer leaves their estate as their Will states. Let’s look at two scenarios, one the results of a marriage after writing a Will and...
by Susan Grissom | Feb 25, 2020 | Estate Planning, Wills & Trust
Have you wondered what your attorney means when they refer to a HEMS standard but you did not ask? Often a trust will contain language that limits a Trustee’s ability to give money to a beneficiary and contains the words “health, education, maintenance, and support,”...
by Madalyn Davis | Feb 18, 2020 | Estate Planning, Wills & Trust
The most frequent mistake I see in “do-it-yourself” Wills are clients who leave assets to children who are minors or under the age of 18. While parents want to leave their estates to their children and provide and care for them in the event they pass, naming your...
