by Susan Grissom | Apr 10, 2018 | Estate Planning, Special Needs Trust, Wills & Trust
Establishing an estate plan is critical for your family’s future. It’s important that you go through the proper legal channels and establish a will. The next step in the estate planning process is deciding where to store your will. In the event of your death, your...
by Susan Grissom | Apr 3, 2018 | Estate Planning, Wills & Trust
Estate planning for blended families can be difficult to navigate. Estate planning that takes the uniqueness of blended families into account can relieve a plethora of concerns. The key to this potentially sticky situation is open communication and the help of an...
by Susan Grissom | Mar 27, 2018 | Estate Planning, Special Needs Trust, Wills & Trust
When you pass away without leaving a will, the state of Georgia calls that intestacy. Intestacy means the state, rather than you, decides who inherits what portion of your estate. Because death is a certainty for all of us, estate planning is a necessity. A resident...
by Susan Grissom | Mar 20, 2018 | Estate Planning
As you create an estate plan and put your financial affairs in order, your spouse and children are usually the people you are most concerned about providing for. How your children will receive their inheritance is a major concern in estate planning. Will you leave...
by Madalyn Davis | Mar 13, 2018 | Estate Planning, Wills & Trust
Many people think that because they have a small estate, a simple Will is all that is needed. This may be the case, but let’s look at a specific case when a small estate resulted in big problems. Meet David. David is smart and is in year three of his four-year program...
by Madalyn Davis | Mar 6, 2018 | Estate Planning, Wills & Trust
One topic that comes up occasionally is whether a couple who has lived together for some period of time has a common law marriage? Let’s look at a specific case. Ricky and Cheri met in a coffee shop fifteen years ago, moved in to Ricky’s apartment, and the rest was...
by Madalyn Davis | Feb 27, 2018 | Estate Planning, Wills & Trust
From an estate planning attorney, here is the down and dirty about online Wills/estate plans: they can work. The most frequent issues that arise when I review an online estate plan are these. First, the Wills are not properly executed. For a Will to be valid in...
by Susan Grissom | Feb 20, 2018 | Estate Planning
The death of a parent is one of the most trying times in the life of an adult child. It can become more trying in instances where a deceased parent leaves behind more debt than his estate can cover. When that happens, you’re left wondering what your responsibility is...
by Susan Grissom | Feb 13, 2018 | Estate Planning
Establishing a trust is an important part of setting up and managing your estate. A trust allows you to place conditions on the distribution of your assets upon your demise and to provide for management during incapacity. It also allows you to distribute assets to...
by Susan Grissom | Feb 6, 2018 | Elder Care, Estate Planning, Probate, Special Needs Trust, Wills & Trust
When a loved one passes away in the state of Georgia, the probate and estate administration process begins. A petition is filed in the appropriate county and, once appointed, the executor or administrator of an estate is bound by the fiduciary duties imposed by...
