by Lisa Adler | May 17, 2018 | Appointment of Healthcare Representitive, Estate Administration, Incapacity Planning, Intestate, Litigation, Living Wills, Power of Attorney, Trusts, Wills, Wills & Trusts
How should a mother provide for her children in her will? A recent article asks this question, pointing out that many women live alone and need to make decisions on their own, and not with a spouse or partner, regarding their estate planning, finances, and...
by Lisa Adler | Apr 3, 2018 | Appointment of Healthcare Representitive, Estate Administration, In the News, Incapacity Planning, Intestate, Living Wills, Power of Attorney, Trusts, Wills, Wills & Trusts
Here’s a journalist’s take on getting (his long put off) estate planning documents in place: What it was Like to Finally Write My Will, by John Schwartz. And here’s Mr. Schwartz’s “To Do” list from this piece. Of course, I...
by Lisa Adler | Feb 25, 2017 | Incapacity Planning, Intestate, Trusts, Wills, Wills & Trusts
If the answer is “no,” a recent survey shows that you are not alone. Only 4 in 10 American adults have a will or trust in place. While older Americans are more likely to have a plan in place (81 percent of those age 72 or older and 58 percent of...
by Lisa Adler | Jul 5, 2015 | Appointment of Healthcare Representitive, Incapacity Planning
It’s the stuff of parents’ worst anxieties when headed out of town for business or vacation, leaving their minor children at home in the care of a friend of family — their child is injured or becomes sick in their absence. Imagine, leaving with your...
by Lisa Adler | Feb 28, 2015 | Estate Administration, Incapacity Planning, Trusts, Wills, Wills & Trusts
This is a topic of much passion for me. Estate planning is a necessary protection for all parents with minor children. Yet, national surveys reveal that less than 40 percent of Americans with children under the age of 18 have their estate planning documents in...
