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Estate planning allows you to set forth specific instructions in advance concerning how your property, assets, and investments should be managed, disposed of, or distributed when you’re no more. However, when in a second marriage, there are several considerations you need to put in mind when drafting your estate plan.

With rising costs in almost every sector of society, it’s to be expected that people will look for ways to cut costs wherever they can. However, there are some goods and services where it may be worth it to spend a few more dollars to ensure you’re getting exactly what you want. One area where this may be particularly important is with estate planning. Nowadays, you can find numerous online estate planning forms and templates that advertise themselves to be fast and easy, but can you really trust these claims?

Estate planning is one of the most important things anyone can do to protect their loved ones. However, estate planning often gets overlooked amid the hustle and bustle of everyday life. It is never too early to plan your estate.

Conflict can set in for a variety of reasons. Perhaps the parent didn’t leave a will, or the will seemed to favor one child disproportionately. Maybe the will was revised right before the parent’s death, leaving questions if someone unduly influenced the revision.

If you suspect that your loved one’s agent is abusing their power or misusing their POA privileges, contact an attorney immediately. The longer you wait, the more harm can be done and the less likely you are to prove that power of attorney abuse has occurred.

What happens if you’re the beneficiary of the estate – say a family member of the deceased – and you run into difficulties with the executor, who won’t return your phone calls or even talk to you? What can you do?

A power of attorney (POA) remains a vital estate planning tool that allows a person to name an agent who will act on their behalf in crucial financial, property, or health matters when they become unavailable or unable to do so. Unfortunately, some agents abuse their power and make decisions that are not in the principal’s best interests.

When it comes to estate planning, people can get rightfully confused by all the various forms and documents they’ll encounter. One of the most common questions we receive about an estate plan is whether handwritten wills are valid documents in the eyes of the law.

With the rate of divorce and remarriage continuing to grow, it should come as no surprise that older people are also taking part in this trend. Of course, everyone should be able to find love and remarry at any age, but when we remarry later in life, there are certain considerations that may affect children you have from a previous relationship

In Ohio, going through the probate is often required to settle a decedent's final affairs and distribute the estate's assets to rightful beneficiaries. However, there are a lot of collective popular opinions and misleading information surrounding the probate process.