by Amy Refeca | Feb 22, 2024 | Estate, Estate Planning, Last Will & Testament, Probate, Revocable Living Trust, Trusts
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...
by Amy Refeca | Jan 25, 2024 | Estate Planning, How We Help Women, Last Will & Testament
We are jumping into the arena of “I don’t need a will because…” again. This time, we are talking about women who say they don’t need a will because their children will take care of them. Well, that may be true. Or maybe it isn’t....
by Amy Refeca | Jan 18, 2024 | Estate Planning, How We Help Women, Last Will & Testament
As a wills attorney, I hear quite often the phrase “I don’t need a will because…” Today I’ll finish that sentence off with ….. “I do not have children.” My immediate response is to ask them whether or not they an opinion...
by Amy Refeca | Aug 15, 2022 | Advance Directive for Health Care, Estate, Estate Planning, Financial Power of Attorney, Guardianship, Healthcare POA, Incapacity, Last Will & Testament, Power of Attorney, Probate, Trusts
The Documents In Your Estate Plan! First, I want to tell you what is an “estate”? Your “estate,” for purposes of our conversation, is made up of what is in your name when you die. Your “estate” owns all of it the second after your die (figuratively speaking). Then...
by Amy Refeca | Apr 26, 2022 | Estate Planning, Healthcare POA, Last Will & Testament, Trusts
What is an “estate plan” and what happens if you do not have one? An “estate plan” is a set of documents which gives your family the gift of your choice as to what should happen to your money, things and body in the event you are injured, ill and/or pass away. The...
by Amy Refeca | Jan 27, 2022 | Administration, Estate, Estate Planning, How We Help Women, Insurance, Last Will & Testament, Probate, Trusts
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...