An estate planning lawyer provides more than technical expertise in drafting complicated documents. Most have extensive experience in counseling clients in these most intimate decisions.
A Revocable Living Trust is a legal document used to plan and organize your estate. A Living Trust can be created by transferring your property from your individual name to the name of your Trust.
f you die intestate (without a will), your state’s laws of descent and distribution will determine who receives your property by default.
A living will is your written expression of how you want to be treated in certain medical circumstances.
A will provides for the distribution of certain property owned by you at the time of your death, and generally, you may dispose of such property in any manner you choose.
Given the recent media attention focused on DIY estate planning, a person might ask himself: “Should I do my own Will?”