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I often get asked, “How much does it cost to do an estate plan?” It’s difficult to answer that question without understanding more about your family, your situation, and explaining more about our process. If you called a contractor and said, “I want to build a house. How much will it cost?” would he be […]
“My toe hurts!” That’s what I told the emergency room doctor when I was about 2.5 years old. (I’m the baby in the picture, just a little before this story happened.) My granddad was headed to the grocery store, and I wanted to go with him. I didn’t have shoes on, but he figured he could […]
Top 10 Scariest Estate Planning and Elder Law Topics 10. The Invisible Assets – A big part of asset protection is making sure you have updated beneficiary designations. This is often overlooked and can have truly hair-raising consequences. Read more here. 9. The Illinois Chainsaw Massacre: Who Will Survive and What Will Be Left of Them? […]
When you think of Valentine’s Day, you probably don’t think about estate planning, but we do! We see the depth of our clients’ love for their families everyday as they put an effective plan together — a plan from which they may never see the benefits. A plan that will give their loved ones peace […]
A recent survey on estate planning showed that 53% of respondents said it’s difficult to find an advisor they trust. We understand how hard it is to choose an estate planning attorney. After years of working with many, many clients, we feel pretty good about knowing what makes a plan work and what doesn’t. We’ve also […]
There is nothing more frustrating than dealing with estate problems after a loved one’s death. Family and friends are already grieving, trying to get funeral arrangements taken care of, and then along comes an estate plan that costs them even more time, money and stress during one the most difficult times of their life. We’ve […]
Many people think they know what an estate plan is and what it does. And while you are already an “expert” in estate planning because you know the details of your life better than anyone else, it helps to have a guide who can walk you through the complicated legal aspects of an effective plan. “Sure. […]
Do you back into your parking spots or just pull in? How you pull into parking spots may determine what kind of estate planner you are. Read on to find out where you fall. At Ritz’s Diner the other morning there was a whole row of trucks that were backed into their parking spots. I […]
Much like your favorite birthday cake flavor, everyone likes different things when it comes to estate planning. Well, as of March 5, I’m another year older! And to celebrate I got to have the best birthday cake in the world — spice cake with chocolate icing! What kind of cake do you request on your birthday? […]
I have a piece of clothing we simply call “my favorite sweatshirt.” I think it’s about 20 years old. I may have had it when I graduated from law school in 1995. If not, I got it shortly after that. (The picture to the left is from 1998.) We have a family friend who swears I […]