Estate Planning, Probate, Power of Attorney Blogs & More

• Posted in: Asset Protection

The end of summer is upon us, with many people closing up the summer cottage, and—with wistful backward glances—returning to the hubbub of everyday life.  But those happy summer memories, and looking forward to next summer, will keep us going through the winter.  And so, to conclude our series on real estate protection and investments, […]

• Posted in: Asset Protection

This week’s blog series has focused on real estate and how we as your estate planning attorneys can help you leverage and protect it. But we know that many homeowners right now aren’t concerned so much with protecting their property, but protecting themselves—from the effects of falling home prices. If you are one of these […]

• Posted in: Asset Protection

One of the many ways that wealthy families accumulate and keep wealth is through real estate. Despite the ups and downs of the real estate market, the value of real property continues to grow over the long term. Real estate is often considered a comparatively easy way to maintain and grow wealth because it doesn’t […]

• Posted in: Asset Protection

I personally love real estate investments. Real estate also plays an extremely large role in the estate planning process. As mentioned in previous posts, your home (or other real estate holdings) often forms the bulk of your assets, and figures largely in the creation of your family’s estate plan. But real estate can serve as […]

• Posted in: Elder Law

Many of our clients come to us with questions about Elder Law, and we are happy to be able to share information not only for our elderly clients (about Medicare or Long Term care) but for their children and loved ones as well (about care giving or the plight of the Sandwich Generation.) However, it […]

• Posted in: Estate Planning

I always tell the audience at my seminars that the biggest enemy in estate planning is not the IRS, nor the state, nor conniving relatives. The biggest enemy is procrastination. We know we need to do an estate plan, but we say to ourselves, “I’ll do it next month” or “I’ll do it next year.” […]

• Posted in: Estate Planning

We all like to be prepared in new situations, whether it be starting a new job or going to the first meeting of the gardening club. Aside from making for a more comfortable experience, your time is valuable, and the more prepared you are for the adventure, the more you can take away from an […]

• Posted in: Estate Planning

When you pass away (after a long and happy life, of course) you hopefully have a current estate plan in place to provide for your heirs. However, even if you’ve executed the most intricate plan, there is a transition period after the death of a loved one which consists of gathering paperwork and information, paying […]

• Posted in: Elder Law

We’ve had one or two posts on our blog about caring for elderly parents, written for the most part for those who are—or who will someday be—providing the care. Today, finally we have a post for those who are the recipients of that care – your caregiver child.   Parents know how much their children may […]

• Posted in: Business Planning

Most of our small business clients probably already know that the federal minimum wage increased this week from $5.85 to $6.55 an hour. The increase is the second in a three-step process to bring the minimum wage to $7.25 an hour next year.  In California, the minimum wage was increased to $8 an hour on Janunary […]