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This can be done – through direct financial gifts indicated in a will or through pet trusts. That it can be done is helpful to pet owners who are concerned about what happens if they pass before their animals.
Category: Estate Planning
Debbie London Baker on Ask the Experts, June 2023
Topics include:
- Trust or Will?
- What does a trustee do?
- Contesting a Will
- Do-it-Yourself Documents – Tempting and Risky
Disposing of Personal Property
There are some ways to dispose of personal property to prevent upset later. Any step taken by an individual to minimized additional upset when they pass is a gift to the family members remaining.
Loaning Family Money
There are ways to handle loaning money that prevent confusion about the state of any loans when someone dies.
London Baker Law Featured on Fox 13: Documents for 18-Year-Olds
Some families consider legal counsel once their kids turn 18 years old. Linda Hurtado of Fox 13 Tampa Bay asked Debbie London Baker about what happens when children turn 18 and why they need powers of attorney or HIPAA releases.
What’s Most Important about Estate Planning
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Having Your Will in Place
It’s hard to imagine the problems that arise when someone dies and doesn’t have a will. The state gets to decide how assets get distributed – many times in ways the person would never have wanted. Interestingly, people who’ve avoided creating a plan will do so when someone they love passes and the person is embroiled in the consequences.
Unanticipated Reminder of the Importance of Planning
The hardest and possibly best thing you may ever need to do for your parents is plan for the possibility of their losing capacity – so you can act rather than panic.
Newly Adult Children Having Their Own Plan, A Father’s Take
A family that decided to ask and have their new 18 year-olds to execute documents for the peace of mind it brings everyone.
18 Years Old, Already?! YIKES!!!
As hard as it is to believe, 18-year-olds are legal adults. How you interact as a parent with doctors, schools and banks changes dramatically at one second after midnight on that 18th birthday.