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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...

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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...

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4 Things Your Health Care Agent Can Do Under Your Georgia Advance Directive for Health Care

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. 

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What is probate?

What is probate?

Probate is the court process of taking what a person owned at their death and transferring it to the person or entity entitled to receive it after the person died.  How long does probate take? Who the "entitled person or entity" is to receive money after I die? Who is...

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