Let me just say this… No. Do not add your kids to your deed. …Unless…(I am a lawyer after all) There are few questions in law with a pretty definitive answer. But this is one. Let’s start with the hard and fast rule of “Don’t add your kids to your deed.” Here’s why. Adding […]
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How to Stop Procrastinating on your Estate Plan
Shortly after the beginning of the pandemic, I noticed a dramatic increase in the number of business inquiries coming into the law firm. It seemed like people who had been able to put their estate planning repeatedly on the back burner could no longer bring themselves to do so. Too many people were dying, and […]
Please Don’t Take Estate Planning Advice from Facebook!
On the Matter of Inheritance
Inheritance is never about the money. Never has been, never will be. It’s about what our children are inheriting in terms of our “stuff” meaning our singular gifts and our emotional/psychological/ spiritual baggage. How well we have harvested that which belongs to us as sentient beings on a bountiful planet in a nondescript arm of […]
Do NOT Take This Estate Planning Advice!
“Please, please, please. I beg you. Don’t take estate planning advice from your banker, financial advisor, insurance broker, mortgage broker, escrow agent, real estate agent, or your friends. I can’t tell you how much terrible, ill-informed advice there is out there that results in harm. Let these other professionals do what they do best and […]
