by Kathryn A. Flanigan | Feb 14, 2017 | Estate Planning
Many California residents put off making a will, and there are a variety of reasons why. Some people tend to imagine that their final days will come when they have reached their 80s or 90s, which leads to procrastination with estate planning. A survey from Princeton...
by Kathryn A. Flanigan | Feb 3, 2017 | Estate Planning
Some Californians become incapacitated and are no longer able to make important decisions for themselves about health care and finances. Others have developmental disabilities that prevent them from ever making such decisions. If you have a loved one who is in this...
by Kathryn A. Flanigan | Jan 19, 2017 | Estate Planning
The estate tax is called the death tax for a reason and most people would rather avoid the estate tax if possible. For example, Michael Jacksons death triggered an estate tax in the area of hundreds of millions of dollars. Instead of this money staying within...
by Kathryn A. Flanigan | Jan 17, 2017 | Estate Planning
California residents who are planning their estates might need to include clauses that address seemingly unlikely situations. When a spouse or an heir dies before or at the same time as an estate’s creator, the state government may step in and implement statutes...
by Kathryn A. Flanigan | Jan 10, 2017 | Estate Planning
California residents may do their banking online or have one or more social media accounts. However, if passwords or PINs to those sites and other online properties aren’t stored, it may be difficult for an individual’s final wishes to be carried out....
by Kathryn A. Flanigan | Jan 4, 2017 | Estate Planning
The election of a new president always brings the potential for changes to laws, but since the House, Senate and presidency belong to one party now, it is even more likely that laws will change. One thing that has been frequently discussed is changing the way that...
