by Amy Refeca | Sep 1, 2021 | Divorce, Estate Planning, How We Help Women, Last Will & Testament, Trusts
This is part two of the differences between a will obtained online versus a will prepared by an attorney you have thoughtfully worked with for your planning. We mentioned in part one that we are asked to review online wills for potential new clients all of the time. ...
by Amy Refeca | Aug 12, 2021 | Estate Planning, Guardianship, How We Help Women, Last Will & Testament, Living Will, Special Needs Planning, Trusts
We are asked to review online wills for potential new clients all of the time. A large majority of them are wills that they obtained in a “kit” or downloaded from the internet off of a site for “do it yourself” estate planning. I’m not...
by Amy Refeca | Jul 13, 2021 | Estate Planning, How We Help Women, Last Will & Testament, Trusts
We work with moms. One of the first things we discuss with moms (and dads) when we meet with them in our consultation is why they need a trust and why a basic or simple will won’t work. We’d like to share that information with you, also. So why...
by Amy Refeca | Jun 18, 2021 | Estate Planning, Financial Power of Attorney, Healthcare POA, How We Help Women, Last Will & Testament, Living Will, Trusts
When you should update your estate plan depends on the Six D’s. What are the “Six D’s”? They are: death, divorce, diagnosis, distance, dividend and dates. In other words, if someone or something in your last will and testament, financial...
by Amy Refeca | Jun 16, 2021 | Estate Planning, Financial Power of Attorney, Guardianship, Healthcare POA, How We Help Women, Last Will & Testament, Trusts
Did your attorney ask you these three things before they signed you up? Why? Who? What? If not, your estate plan may not be the right plan for you, your family, your kids. Wills, powers of attorney for finance and advance directives for health care and trusts work for...
by Amy Refeca | Jun 3, 2021 | Estate Planning, Financial Power of Attorney, Guardianship, Healthcare POA, How We Help Women, Last Will & Testament, Trusts
When should you update your estate plan? We focus on the Six “D”s when we work with clients and educate others. The first “D” of when you should pull out your estate planning documents and think of whether they need to be updated or not is D...
