A bill requiring nursing homes to plan for the next pandemic is one step closer to being made law, after gaining approval in both chambers of the Legislature on Wednesday.
Vanessa Bryant has filed legal docs to protect all of her children. She is asking a judge to amend Kobe’s trust, so she can provide for their youngest daughter, Capri, who was born after the most recent trust document was drafted and signed.
Many people are taking this time at home during the COVID-19 crisis to update their estate plan. Here are six critical estate plan components you should focus on, in light of the current pandemic.
One essential component of your financial plan involves designating power of attorney to someone you trust, in case you are incapacitated or unable to complete a task on your own.
No one likes to think about the end of their life, but it’s an important topic that many people put off until it’s too late.
Whether you’re planning ahead for your own heirs or have been asked to serve as executor for someone else, it pays to understand what the role requires.
Without a proper elder law estate plan, the children’s responsibilities are even more exhausting, stressful and sad.
Unless you are a spring breaker partying it up, you have probably given your own mortality a once-over or two during these long COVID-19 days.
Though most people who contract COVID-19 experience mild symptoms, it doesn’t hurt to be prepared if you do need to be hospitalized. It can feel scary thinking about getting sick or not being able to make decisions for yourself, but an estate plan is meant to ease your fears. After all, wouldn’t you feel better knowing that the burden of making health and financial decisions will never fall on unprepared family members?
When a family member or other loved one dies, the natural response is to feel overwhelmed. However, there are some very practical and legal matters that need to be attended to ‘immediately, if not sooner.’
