by Lisa Adler | Jan 20, 2019 | Elder Law, Estate Administration, Incapacity Planning, Intestate, Litigation, Trusts, Wills, Wills & Trusts
Is an estate planning tune up on your list of New Years Resolutions? If yes, you’re in good company! Check out this fun “punch list” from Above the Law: Estate Planning Resolutions For 2019: How To Be A Grown-Up In The New Year. This is a great list...
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 | Aug 14, 2015 | Appointment of Healthcare Representitive, Estate Administration, Guardianship, In the News, Incapacity Planning, Litigation, Living Wills, Power of Attorney
A few weeks ago, I wrote about the importance of having your now adult child get his or her estate planning documents prepared. The idea may seem unnecessary at first blush — your now 18 year old (or twenty-something) “adult” child has just reached...
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...