Estate Planning Checklist For The New Year Now that the champagne has been consumed and the party horns have been put away, it's time to really begin the New Year.   You may or may not be sticking to those resolutions you made on January 1st, but even if they are a vague memory at th...

Estate Planning Awareness Week: Does Your Plan Need a Check-Up? This 8-point checklist can help determine whether your estate plan needs help. National Estate Planning Awareness Week takes place this month (Oct. 20-26) and will highlight the fact that more than 120 million...

Is Estate Planning Important for You? | Atlanta GA Trust Lawyer Discusses Planning At Different Stages of Life While trust lawyers in Atlanta, Georgia, have seen first-hand how important the right legal documents are, we also understand that there is no one-size-fits-all approa...

Atlanta Estate Planning Lawyer's Advice for Second (or Third) Marriages Estate planning lawyers in Atlanta work with clients at all different stages of life.  For example, many couples realize the importance of meeting with an estate planning lawyer before getting married.  While ...

Can Your Children's Spouses Inherit from You? | Marietta GA Will and Trust Lawyer Will and trust lawyers in Marietta see plenty of situations where parents who love their children are not entirely in love with their children's spouses.  This can make the estate planning process a lit...

Who Would Care For Your Pet If Something Happens To You? Atlanta Pet Planning Estate Lawyer Answers So many Americans are pet owners, and estate lawyers in Atlanta have various ways of helping their clients to care for these pets. To be honest, it's pretty common to overlook the pote...

Understanding the Terminology Your Atlanta Estate Planning Lawyer Uses When you walk into an Atlanta estate planning lawyer's office, you are going to hear some terms that are either completely new to you or that sound like something out of an old movie.  It's a good idea to ha...

Keeping Your Wills and Trusts Updated | Marietta GA Estate Planning Lawyer It's always a great feeling when a new client meets with a wills and trusts attorney in Marietta to get started on his or her estate planning.  Every day, people in Marietta recognize the im...

What to Expect from Estate Planning in Atlanta, Part IV This is the fourth in a series of articles on what to expect when you work with your Atlanta estate planning lawyer.  Each article will cover several of the topics that you will need to consider to make a plan that works for ...

How to Choose an Executor or Successor Trustee with Your Atlanta Estate Lawyer The decision of who to appoint as your executor or trustee is a huge one, and we've talked about it a bit in the past.  Still, it's important to make sure that you have the information yo...

Why Does a Living Trust Cost More than a Will? An Atlanta Wills & Trusts Lawyer Has the Answer. It will probably cost more initially to set up a well-drafted living trust than to have a will prepared  by an Atlanta wills and trusts lawyer. A true cost comparison should include not...

Including Your Service Providers In Your Estate Plan | Atlanta Will and Trust Lawyers An Atlanta will and trust lawyer's job is to make sure that you have all of your ducks in a row so that if you become incapacitated or die, your loved ones will now how to manage your estate and ...

What to Expect from Estate Planning In Atlanta, Part III This is the third in a series of articles on what to expect when you work with your Atlanta, Georgia, estate planning lawyer.  Each article will cover several of the topics that you will need to consider to make a plan th...

What to Expect from Estate Planning In Atlanta, Part II This is the second in a series of articles on what to expect when you work with your Atlanta will and trust lawyer.  Each article will cover several of the topics that you will need to consider to make a plan that works for yo...

What to Expect from Estate Planning in Atlanta, Part I This is the first in a series of articles on what to expect when you work with your Atlanta estate planning lawyer.  Each article will cover several of the topics that  you will need to consider to make a plan that works for y...

Consider Your Atlanta Estate Plan Before You Travel We are fast approaching the holidays, when travel is the busiest and careful planning is necessary to nab the best airfare or book that New Year's beach cottage before it slips away.  One thing that is probably not on your travel...

When To Contact a Trust and Estates Lawyer In Atlanta There are times in life when it is obvious that people in the Atlanta area should start meeting with a trust and estates attorney.  For example, it's more obvious that seniors need to get their estates in order than younger people...

Atlanta Wills and Trusts Lawyer Offers Ways to Approach “Tough Conversations” With Mom or Dad When meeting with a wills and trusts lawyer in Atlanta for the first time, many adult children realize that they have no idea where their parents stand in terms of having the right plans in ...

How to Create a Plan to Ensure Your Pet's Care With a Georgia Pet Trust | Georgia Pet Planning Lawyers Most of us who have a pet consider them to be a part of the family; unfortunately, the plans we may have so carefully put together to protect our loved ones do not take our pets i...

Atlanta Estate Planning Lawyer Shares “A Letter to Your Ex About Estate Planning” Below is a fictional letter that my friend and colleague in Colorado, Martha Hartney, Esq., recently posted on her blog.  The paragraphs at the bottom are from me.  Martha agreed to let me post it here ...

Information to Give the Trustee of Your Estate | Atlanta Trust Lawyer One of the jobs of an Atlanta Georgia trust lawyer is to help clients choose the person who will be responsible for a trust that has been set up.  The trustee has several very important jobs, and things will go smo...

Georgia Estate Planning Lawyer: Learn from These Celebrity Mistakes Celebrities seem to have it all—fame and fortune. Unfortunately, some celebrities have a hard time planning for the division of their assets. They neglect to draft wills, fail to update them, or fail to make sure log...

Estate Planning in Atlanta Should Include Your Pets Wills and trust attorneys in Atlanta see a variety of situations both before and after our clients pass away.  While family bickering and grief are certainly a darker aspect to what we do, there is another situation that often bring...

Marietta Prenup Lawyer Explains How a Prenuptial Agreement is a Key Piece of Estate Planning, Too If you're thinking about having a prenup drawn up before you tie the knot in Cobb County or elsewhere in metro Atlanta, you may want to find an attorney who focuses on estate planning, t...

An Act of Love: Family Legacy Planning for Metro Atlanta Parents: The Single Most Important Thing You Can Do Now to Feel Better About Yourself As a Parent – and Leave the World a Better Place – No Matter How Much Money You Have in the Bank If you are like most of the parents I know...