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Category: Elder Law
Living Wills – What do YOU want at the end of life?
Let your loved ones know what you want at the end of your life. Choose the person who will carry out your wishes, whether or not they agree with them. Give them something to hold up to other family members and loved ones who may want to dispute what YOU have asked for. It will be a gift to your family.
When Parents Lose “Capacity”
When Your Parents Can’t Handle Their Own Affairs
Learn, ask questions – It’s unimaginable that our parents, or other older loved ones, may come to the point where they are no longer the people we remember – over 90, physically unable though still mentally alert; no longer know who they or their family is when only a few years ago they were sharp as tacks; still relatively young and memory is problematic.
Stop, In the Name of Love
Diana Ross and the Supremes had a hit song by this title in the last century. And the title sums it up. If you’re thinking about doing estate planning, stop thinking, do not pass go, do not collect $200.
Do it now!!!
Will Your Partner Own Your Shared Home When You Die?
Often an unmarried couple purchases a home with no plans to ever be married but certainly wanting the partner to own the home when one dies. Unfortunately, too often, the title doesn’t allow that because the home’s been purchases with each named as “a single person”.
Please check your title to see if indicates how owned. If owned as two single people, talk to someone about modifying the title. You’ll save people grief!
What happens to your children when you can’t get home?
Can you even begin to imagine that your children EVER be in foster care, even for only a few hours? It can be avoided with a little thought and planning and a couple of legal documents.
Basic Steps to Estate Planning, Step 3: Establish Your Directives
Directives are documents that are essential to have while you’re living. They cover financial and health considerations.
Included in these are Durable Powers of Attorney – giving a trusted person powers to transact a multitude of financial transactions; Medical Directions include Designation of Health Care Surrogates – someone to make health decisions; Living Wills – a document outlining end of life choices, HIPAA Waivers – giving people the right to speak to your physicians. And, there are others.
Healing – Closing Gaps
Part of how best to plan is to consider how you might heal rifts in the family or, at least, find a way to be at peace with them.
A New Year – Leaving a Legacy
What would you like to see happen this year?
What would you most like people to remember your for? When you’re leaving a legacy, it’s more than just the paperwork.
About London Baker Law, P.A.
We have a unique perspective on estate planning that serves our clients well. We thoroughly review not just your assets and your wishes but your legacy. We ask the questions “What’s in the best interest of this family, how do we achieve those goals and what kind of legacy do you want to leave behind?” After answering these key questions, we help you determine the best course of action for your family going forward.
- estate planning
- probate
- elder law
- healthcare surrogates
- powers of attorney
- legal advice and counsel