What Impact Can Your Divorce Have on Your Estate Plan?
Divorce can be quite difficult for a number of reasons. Aside from the basic stress and emotion involved with separating your union, there are a lot of other tasks and ...
Environmentally Conscious? These Green Burial Options May Appeal to You
If you’re worried about the environment, you may also be concerned about the impact that your death – more specifically your burial – could have on it. As a result, ...
Conservatorship vs. Power of Attorney: What You Should Know
Many people struggle with the idea of planning for something bad to happen. However, while we hope that nothing bad will ever befall ourselves or our loved ones, the worst ...
What is a Springing Power of Attorney, and Why Should You Care?
An estate plan is extremely important because it helps to establish a plan of care for your loved ones after you are gone. However, that’s not all that it can ...
Don’t Forget to Do These 5 Things When a Loved One Dies
It can prove easy to get caught up with emotion when a loved one passes away. When you are already so emotionally overwhelmed, it can be tough to put one ...
The Importance of Funding Your Trust
The probate process, which helps to ensure that someone’s assets go to the correct places and people after they pass away, can be long and expensive. For that reason, many ...
Estate Planning for Second Marriages
When you go through a divorce it can be difficult to imagine that you’ll ever find love and be happy again. So when you meet someone out of the blue, ...
Top 3 Reasons to Update Your Estate Plan
Your estate plan is in place for the purpose of ensuring that your wishes are carried out and your assets are divided per your wishes. However, what many people fail ...
Things to Keep in Mind When Naming a Trust
We take a lot of time and thought into naming our children – and for good reason. The names that we provide them with will follow them throughout their lives, ...
Legal Incapacity and Guardianships and Conservatorships in Virginia
In Virginia, a “guardian” is a person appointed by the Court to conduct the personal affairs of an incapacitated person. These personal affairs might include health care or residential arrangements. ...