Whenever a loved one passes away there is usually a period of grief, upheaval and oftentimes panic that results. This happens to most families who are faced with loss but it is even more true when dealing with unexpected requests…
Talking about funeral plans – for your own or a loved one’s funeral – isn’t exactly a fun discussion. Like estate planning, however, it’s proving to be a necessary discussion these days – according to a recent 2021 trends article…
What do millennials want? This question stirs any number of answers these days. When it comes to estate planning, however, we now have more answers. A first-of-its-kind study recently pinpointed millennials’ preferences in estate planning and evaluated how their preferences…
These days, nearly everything can be done electronically. You can purchase a home, authorize medical decisions, transfer money, and make investments all virtually – and often without the need for a conversation with an actual person. You can also draw…
You know by now that it’s incredibly important to create an estate plan to be executed in the event that you pass away unexpectedly. This has been a best practice, honed and perfected, by estate planning attorney (like us) for…
Because estate planning and financial planning are both related to your finances, some Virginia residents get the two types of services mixed up. They are unsure if they need an estate planner, a financial planner, or both. The answer is…
So, you finally got around to having a will drawn up—congratulations on taking an important first step in the estate planning process! Although there are some people for whom a will can comprise the entirety of their estate plan, there…
If you are an adult in the United States, you may have taken the time to have an estate plan prepared. If so, then your estate planning attorney may have set up a trust and placed your home in the…
If you missed it, October was National Estate Planning Month. Why? Because more than half of all adults in the U.S. don’t have an estate plan—or even a will—it is certain that estate planning is an often-overlooked component for financial…
It is almost impossible to completely avoid probate in Virginia, but you can reduce the number of assets that need to go through probate. Many people have a very negative view when it comes to probate. It may stem from…