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Estate Planning: 5 Things to Consider

 

If you are preparing to draft your estate plan with your estate planning attorney, there are a variety of issues that you will need to think about before your documents can be finalized.

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Prior to drafting your estate plan, we recommend that you give some thought to the following items:

  1. How do you want your money and assets handled if you die? Do you want any restrictions? If you are married, do you want your spouse to handle all assets? Are you worried about your spouse remarrying and being influenced by the spouse? It is important to know how you want your money to be managed when you or your spouse dies, especially if you have minor children.
  2. If you have minor children, who will be their guardian? This is a very difficult discussion to have, but it’s better to make this decision than leave it up to the probate court. Many parents hope to avoid lengthy, emotional guardianship proceedings for their minor children.
  3. Upon your death, where do you want your money, house, etc. to go? Do you want it to go to family, children, friends, charities, etc.? And do you want it given all at once? Or staggered? We typically recommend distributing money to children at certain ages, instead of in a lump sum.
  4. Who will handle your affairs when you die? You need to appoint someone to be your trustee. This will be the person that you name to follow the instructions laid out in your estate plan regarding distribution or other plans you have set forth. This is usually your spouse first if you are married, then the most responsible person you know.
  5. Who will make decisions for you if you are incapacitated? Usually, married clients designate their spouse as their power of attorney for both health and financial issues. If your spouse is already incapacitated or predeceased you or if you are single, who would you want to handle these issues? It can be the same person, or different people, to handle medical and financial people.

These are some of the decisions you should consider.

We often help our clients walk through these decisions and provide further guidance as we draft their documents.

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