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Articles and Videos With News and Thoughts on Issues in Georgia Regarding Wills, Living Trusts, Guardianship, Advance Directives, Living Wills, Healthcare Powers of Attorney, Probate, Estate Planning, Elder Law, Special Needs Planning, Guardianships and Conservatorships, and More by Marietta and Atlanta, Georgia, Estate Planning Lawyer Steve Worrall

Coming of Age and Powers of Attorney

Posted by Steve Worrall | Sep 17, 2020 | 0 Comments

When your child turns 18 (in most states), it might be hard to imagine that little child who once needed you for everything has now become – overnight – an adult. Now your child is free to vote, marry, apply for a credit card, make medical and financial decisions, sign contracts, and live ind...

Keep Your Estate Plan Current

Posted by Steve Worrall | Aug 31, 2020 | 0 Comments

You should check your estate planning documents every so often, to make sure they're still good, especially with big life changes like births, marriages, divorces, and moving to another state. Children grow up, marriages dissolve, property gets sold, residences change. That's why we recommend t...

Wills vs Trusts– Which Do You Need? 

Posted by Steve Worrall | Apr 12, 2020 | 0 Comments

Planning your estate is an important step in protecting your assets, your wishes, and the people that matter to you the most. There are a number of options available, as any estate planning lawyer can tell you. Do you need a will?  A trust?  Is it possible that you don't need either? It's very...

Millennials and Financial Planning

Posted by Steve Worrall | Mar 19, 2020 | 0 Comments

Millennials include fiscally conservative, savings oriented, and future planners seeking financial freedom as core attributes. A large part of millennials' formative years was influenced by the US sub-prime mortgage crisis beginning in 2007, shortly followed by an international banking crisis...

Spring Forward and Protect Your Family with Estate Planning

Posted by Steve Worrall | Mar 07, 2020 | 0 Comments

Tomorrow, March 8, it will be time to “spring forward” with the change to daylight savings time.  While it's no fun losing an hour of sleep, it is always a nice reminder the long days of summer are ahead.  I'd also like to remind you all the there are other ways to “spring forward” and take ot...

Live and Learn: ALS and Health Care Powers of Attorney

Posted by Steve Worrall | Feb 20, 2020 | 0 Comments

A strong power of attorney is indeed powerful for a condition like Alzheimer's. But it may come as a surprise to learn that a good “basic” advance-directive document needs considerable supplementation when it comes to a dreadful illness like ALS – Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, or Lou Gehrig'...

Is Your Power of Attorney Powerful Enough?

Posted by Steve Worrall | Feb 18, 2020 | 0 Comments

Powerful “power of attorney” (POA) documents are essential, if there ever comes a time when you or your elder become unable to manage your finances or make health-care decisions.  Beware if you rely only on POAs that hospitals provide, or that you have pulled off the Internet, or that you ha...

Baby Boomers in the 2020s

Posted by Steve Worrall | Feb 16, 2020 | 0 Comments

The baby boom generation is comprised of those Americans born 1946-1964, and according to the US Census Bureau (Bureau of Census), their numbers are estimated to be 73 million strong. This number represents nearly 20 percent of the American public. As they enter their 60, 70, and 80th decades...

Choosing a Wearable Medical Alert System

Posted by Steve Worrall | Feb 15, 2020 | 0 Comments

Your parent recently had a stroke and is returning home after a long stay in the hospital and in-patient rehabilitation. The care providers assure you that your parent will be fine returning home, but you still worry. How can you make sure your parent is safe at home? A medical alert system ...

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