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Georgia Psychiatric Advance Directive: A way FOR WOMEN to choose when you potentially cannot due to mental health crisis.
In 2022, a new legal form came into being: Psychiatric Advance Directive. A link to this form in PDF fillable version can be found on the Georgia Mental Health Consumer Network's website. The acronym for this form is PAD. What does this form do that your Advance...
Your Financial Power of Attorney Dies With You
Actually, the authority your agent under your power of attorney dies with you! In Georgia, once a person passes away, the authority granted by a financial power of attorney typically comes to an end. So, if you've given your child, sister, spouse, friend the power to...
What is a Trust = A Beautiful Wooden Box
What is a trust? This is a super common question we get at Atlanta Wills and Trusts. It is typically followed up by a few additional questions. Do I need a trust? Do I need a will if I have a trust? Short answers: A trust is a beautiful wooden box. You put things...
A Living Trust is Like The Hope Chest At The Foot of Your Grandmother’s Guest Bed
Women need revocable living trusts because trusts are the best way to protect assets for women and ensure their assets are there for them when they need them.
I Don’t Need A Will, My Children Will Take Care of Me
If you are a mom, you need a will. Your children don’t always know what you want and what to do!
I Don’t Need A Will, I Don’t Have Children
Women need wills, no matter if they have children or not.
The Documents In Your Estate Plan
A brief explanation of what documents are in your estate plan, or should be!
Immediate or Incapacity Only: Your Financial Power of Attorney
An immediate or incapacity only power of attorney is very, very different. Do you know the difference and do you know if your power of attorney is immediate or incapacity only?
4 Things Your Health Care Agent Can Do Under Your Georgia Advance Directive for Health Care
The four things your health care agent can do under your Georgia Advance Directive for Health Care, sometimes referred to as a health care power of attorney, are: make treatment health care decisions for YOU, access YOUR private and protected health information, make end-of-life decisions for YOU, and make decisions about how YOUR remains are treated after you pass away.
Estate Plan: What does that really mean?
Do you really understand the phrase “estate plan”? Here is a brief explanation of the documents in a full ESTATE PLAN and how and when they work for you.