Category Archives: Estate Planning
What is Special Needs Planning?
If you have a disabled child, or a disabled loved one for whom you provide financial support or care, part of your estate planning process likely should include special needs planning. Likewise, if you have a disability yourself, it is important to consider special needs planning in connection with any other estate planning you… Read More »
Retaining a Life Estate in Your Home
Part of any estate planning process in Canton or elsewhere in Connecticut involves working with an attorney to consider who will inherit your assets after you die, and how those individuals or entities will inherit your assets. In addition, for many people, estate planning involves discussions with a Connecticut estate planning lawyer about protecting… Read More »
Estate Planning and Digital Assets
Estate planning in Connecticut often involves a range of documents and tools to ensure that assets are protected and that family members, loved ones, and charitable entities will be able to receive those assets smoothly after your death. The specific documents that make up a person’s estate plan will depend in part on the… Read More »
Should Millennials Consider Estate Planning
A common misconception about estate planning — a process that involves creating a will, considering guardianship issues, executing advance directives, establishing trusts, and more — is that it is only something you need to do when you are much older or if you become ill. Yet in truth, all adults should be thinking carefully… Read More »
Understanding Temporary Conservatorship
Conservators are individuals in Connecticut who can be appointed to manage the financial or personal affairs of another person. In the context of aging adults and elderly parents, it is important for adult children to have a general understanding of how conservatorships work in the state and to know that conservators can be appointed… Read More »
How to Leave Assets to Your Adult Children
Many older adults in Connecticut who are just beginning to think about estate planning want to ensure that they are able to leave important assets and possessions to their adult children. Often, elderly Connecticut residents who have never worked with an estate planning attorney on such matters assume that the only way to leave… Read More »
10 Things to Know About Powers of Attorney in Connecticut
Creating a power of attorney is an important part of estate planning in Connecticut. Yet many people do not understand exactly what a power of attorney is, what it does, or how it works. Our Connecticut estate planning lawyers can help. The following are ten things to know about powers of attorney in Connecticut…. Read More »
What if a Will is Not Recent Enough to Include a New Spouse or Child?
All adults in Connecticut and throughout the country should make a will. Even when a person does not have assets of significant monetary value, and even when there may be only one or two heirs to whom the person wants to leave those assets, a will can limit confusion and the application of Connecticut… Read More »
Estate Planning to Avoid Probate
Often, when adults begin thinking about estate planning, one of the goals is to employ estate planning tools in such a way that their heirs will not have to go through a lengthy and complex probate process. While it may be impossible to avoid probate (depending on your assets, for example), there are many… Read More »
Is Estate Planning Necessary for Everyone?
Are you someone who should work with an estate planning lawyer on an estate plan and relevant documents? If you are an adult, the answer is yes. Throughout Connecticut, myths and misconceptions about estate planning circulate. Some people assume estate planning is only for older adults, while others assume it is only for wealthy… Read More »