Your estate plan should accomplish more than just creating the framework for the distribution of your estate assets after your death. In fact, a well thought out, and properly drafted, estate plan should also ensure that your assets are protected and continue to grow during your lifetime as well as make sure that those assets are used to provide for your loved ones when you are gone. Another important aspect of a comprehensive estate plan that people often forget about is incapacity planning. … [Read more...]
Using a Living Trust for Incapacity Planning
Getting the most out of your estate plan will require you to do more than simply execute a Last Will and Testament. First, you will need to decide on additional estate planning goals and objectives that you wish to include in your plan. Then you will need to incorporate additional estate planning tools and strategies into your plan in order to achieve those goals and objectives. One of the most common estate planning goals that people choose to include in their comprehensive estate plan is … [Read more...]
Incapacity Planning: What Is It and Who Needs It
Incapacity Planning: What Is It and Who Needs It from Saul Kobrick Alzheimer’s, and other age related dementia diseases, are not the only way to become incapacitated. Incapacity can strike anyone at any time as a result of a workplace accident, severe illness, or even a catastrophic car accident. Learn more about incapacity planning what is it and who needs it in this presentation. … [Read more...]
Do You Need an Incapacity Plan
Do You Need an Incapacity Plan from Saul Kobrick The State of Texas allows you to execute several advanced directives that can be used in your incapacity plan. Medical power of attorney -- gives the person you name as your agent the authority to make any and all health care decisions for you in accordance with your wishes, including your religious and moral beliefs, when you are no longer capable of making them yourself. Learn more about do you need an incapacity plan in this presentation. … [Read more...]
Do You Need an Incapacity Plan?
A comprehensive estate plan should accomplish a variety of goals above and beyond the primary goal of deciding what will happen to your estate assets when you die. Although each estate plan is as unique as the individual who creates the plan, there are some additional goals that are commonly found in a well drafted estate plan, including incapacity planning. You may be wondering if you need an incapacity plan. The simple answer to that is that everyone should have an incapacity plan. When you … [Read more...]
Free Report: Incapacity Planning in New York: Why It Should be Part of Your Estate Plan
By now it should be clear what can happen without an incapacity plan. Not only will your own wishes with regard to treatment potentially be ignored but your family and loved ones may suffer financially. All of your efforts to provide for your family by investing and creating a “nest egg” are meaningless if your family cannot access the funds when they need them. Topics covered in this report include: Why Do I Need an Incapacity Plan? What Happens without Incapacity … [Read more...]
Incapacity Planning – Why It Should Be Part of Your Estate Plan
Incapacity Planning - Why It Should Be Part of Your Estate Plan from Saul Kobrick A RLT works by allowing you to appoint yourself as the trustee, meaning you control all trust assets while you are able to do so. If you suddenly become incapacitated your successor trustee takes over without the need for court intervention. Control of all your assets can easily and rapidly be shifted using a RLT. Learn more about incapacity planning in this presentation. … [Read more...]
Free Report: New York Advance Care Planning and End of Life Considerations
There have been a number of new studies in recent years regarding end of life choices and advance care planning by Americans. In fact, The Conversation Project recently reported some surprising figures. A full 90 percent of Americans are very much aware of the importance of having these discussions with our loved ones; however, the surprising truth is that less than one third of Americans have actually acted on having those talks. Now, there are new reasons why each of us should rethink our … [Read more...]
HEMS Standards
HEMS Standards from Saul Kobrick HEMS is the acronym for “health, education, maintenance and support” distributions. Using the HEMS Standard, the trustees discern what’s best in terms of property distribution … [Read more...]
Power of Attorney and Guardianship: Differentiating the Two
Did you know that a survey from 2011 showed most seniors and family members had put off estate planning because they were overwhelmed with the various legal terms? It’s human nature; we tend to avoid those things we don’t quite understand. Proof of that was revealed recently when my sweet husband kept “forgetting” to pick up baking powder at the grocery store. When he finally owned up to it and said he’d found baking powder and baking soda, instead of a quick text to me, he just opted to … [Read more...]
