by Amy Refeca | Jun 18, 2025 | News
Divorce, Women and Estate Planning in Georgia: Protecting Your Assets During a Time of Change Divorce is never easy. It’s emotionally draining, often overwhelming, and packed with complex decisions—especially when it comes to your finances and future. For women in...
by Amy Refeca | Jun 6, 2025 | News
Debt belongs to the one who died. That is the general rule. Another way to think of it, family members are not personally liable for the debts of someone who has passed away. Unless a family member was a co-signer or jointly responsible for certain debts. Such as...
by Amy Refeca | Feb 26, 2024 | News
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...
by Amy Refeca | Oct 18, 2021 | Estate Planning, How We Help Women, Last Will & Testament, News, Trusts
Ever wonder what happens when you die without a will? Well you don’t need to wonder, you just need to pull up a few headlines in the newspaper to check out what has happened to the wealth of a famous person who died without a will. That’s right. If a...
by Amy Refeca | Jul 7, 2021 | News
What is a Will? Here is a very, very basic breakdown of what a will is (and isn’t): A legal, binding document Goes into effect when you die Can be changed up until you die Needs to be signed in a certain way or isn’t valid and enforceable (subject to laws of state you...
by Amy Refeca | Jun 14, 2021 | Divorce, Estate Planning, How We Help Women, News
When should you update your estate plan? We are asked this question quite a bit and the answer we have always shared the “Six D’s” with our clients: death, divorce, diagnosis, distance, dividend and dates. We discussed in Pt. 1: The First...
