When you think of estate planning you likely think about the need to decide who will receive your assets when you are gone. While that is certainly one goal of a comprehensive estate plan, it should not be the only goal. A well drafted estate plan should also protect your assets and help them grow throughout your lifetime. In addition, your estate plan should protect you and your loved ones while you are here and continue to protect and provide for your loved ones after you are gone. In order to … [Read more...] about Do You Need to Include Special Needs Planning in Your St. Louis Estate Plan?
How to Choose the Right Executor of a Will
Creating a Last Will and Testament is one of the most important things you will ever do during your lifetime. There are a number of important decisions you will need to make during the creation of your Will; however, do not make the mistake many people make of assuming that all those important decisions relate to the disposition of your estate assets. While deciding what happens to your estate assets certainly is an important part of creating your Will, deciding who will be the Executor of your … [Read more...] about How to Choose the Right Executor of a Will
State of Missouri Shuts Down Nursing Home
Making the decision to move a loved one into a nursing home is rarely a decision that is made lightly nor easily. Once the need for long-term care has been agreed upon, the search begins for the right facility. From the time you move your loved one into a nursing home you worry that they are being properly cared for and that the facility is free of abuse and neglect. Imagine how you would feel, therefore, if the nursing home your loved one was in was shut down by the State of Missouri? That’s … [Read more...] about State of Missouri Shuts Down Nursing Home
Signs You Need a Medicaid Attorney
Like many people, you may make it through the first half of your life without ever even considering the need to qualify for Medicaid. Once you reach your retirement years, however, you may suddenly find that qualifying for Medicaid is critical because of the high cost of long-term care. If you did not plan ahead by including Medicaid planning in your overall estate plan, you may find that the need to qualify for Medicaid could result in putting your heard-earned assets at risk. At some point, … [Read more...] about Signs You Need a Medicaid Attorney
5 Reasons You Might Need a Trust Law Firm
Estate planning is typically a complex, and often complicated, process. Creating an estate plan is also, however, on one of the most important things you will do to protect you and your loved ones during the course of your lifetime. While the foundation of your estate plan will likely be a Last Will and Testament, you will also likely include, or at least consider, making use of a variety of other estate planning documents and strategies for your estate plan. Among the most common of these … [Read more...] about 5 Reasons You Might Need a Trust Law Firm
How to Protect Assets in Missouri
You probably already know how important it is to have an estate plan in place. When you think of the need for an estate plan, you also probably think in terms of creating a roadmap for passing your assets down to loved ones after you are gone. In order to pass down assets, however, you must have assets left to pass down. Asset protection, therefore, should be one of the goals of your comprehensive estate plan. Like many people, you may not even realize all of the different ways in which your … [Read more...] about How to Protect Assets in Missouri
How Might a Revocable Family Trust Fit into Your Estate Plan?
When you create your estate plan you will likely use additional estate planning tools and strategies beyond just a basic Last Will and Testament. Deciding which additional tools and strategies are right for your plan is something you should only do with the assistance of your Missouri estate planning attorney. Learning more about the various options, however, is something you can do all by yourself. For example, a revocable family trust is a popular estate planning tool that you might consider … [Read more...] about How Might a Revocable Family Trust Fit into Your Estate Plan?
Can a Missouri Disability Lawyer Help Me with SSI or SSDI?
None of us plan to become disabled. On the contrary, most people fail to plan for even the possibility of becoming disabled at some point in their lifetime. The reality is, however, that disability can strike anyone at any time. While your odds of becoming disabled do increase as you age, a surprising number of people in their working years (21 to 65) are disabled. If you find yourself unable to work because of a long-term disability one of your first concerns will undoubtedly be providing for … [Read more...] about Can a Missouri Disability Lawyer Help Me with SSI or SSDI?
Why Do I Need a Lawyer for Estate Planning?
Like over half of all Americans, you may have put off creating your estate plan for any of several commonly given reasons. You may have felt you were too young, or your estate assets too modest, to warrant creating an estate plan. If you have recently decided that it is time to sit down and start on your estate plan, you may be wondering if you really need a lawyer for estate planning? After all, a lawyer costs money and you are on a budget. Furthermore, it is easy enough to find basic … [Read more...] about Why Do I Need a Lawyer for Estate Planning?
What Kind of Legal Matters Do Probate Law Firms Handle?
Whether you realize it or not, there is a very good chance that you will need the services of a probate attorney at some point during your lifetime. Of course, in order to know when you need to hire a probate attorney you first need to know what kind of legal matters probate law firms handle. While every law firm is unique, and decides independently what type of legal matter sit will handle, most probate law firms handle the same basic types of legal matters. What Is Probate? To begin with, it … [Read more...] about What Kind of Legal Matters Do Probate Law Firms Handle?
