Category: Why use a Living Trust?

Estate Planning: What’s in your tool box?

By David Edwards on Jun 24, 2009 in Counseling, not Documents, Leave a Legacy, Why use a Living Trust?, Wills and Trusts

What tools do you want to use? Is this the first question that your contractor asks you when you decide to hire him to build a house? Or, if you’re car stops running and you take it to the mechanic to be fixed, do you quiz him on which tools he plans to use in [...]

9 ways to cause a dispute after you die – probate and trust administration nightmares

By David Edwards on May 27, 2009 in Cost of Poor Planning, Death of a Loved One, Leave a Legacy, What a Will Does, What a Will Doesn't, Wills and Trusts

Often we get calls from someone who is facing a mess because a loved one died and failed to plan properly. So, my advice is this: If you want to create a mess for your family, don’t leave it to chance. Do it right and plan the mess yourself. Here are 9 ways you can [...]