Do You Need an Attorney?

If you would you like to “get your house in order” and make things simpler for your children when you pass away, you have ideas about inheritances, or would like to make a charitable donation through your will…then you need to conduct Estate Planning.

If you have a parent or relative who is incompetent and cannot handle their affairs and did not prepare a Durable Power of Attorney or Health Care Proxy…then you need to pursue a Guardianship or Conservatorship.

If your spouse or parent is bound for a nursing home or may be in the future, you are concerned about how to pay for this, or you are concerned about how a spouse remaining at home will manage financially…then you need to conduct Asset-Preservation Planning.

If you are under 65, disabled, and would like to obtain public benefits…then you need help applying for SSDI.

If you have an adult special needs child or niece or nephew and this person could receive public benefits…then you need a Supplemental Needs Trust.

If a loved one recently passed away and left it to you to sort out their affairs…then you need help Probating the Estate.

If you may someday become incapacitated and unable to manage your affairs, or if you are competent but would like some assistance…then you need a Durable Power of Attorney.

If you may become incapacitated and unable to make or communicate your health care decisions to your doctors…then you need a Health Care Proxy.

If you want to appoint an agent under a Durable Power of Attorney and a Health Care Proxy but don’t have family members or close friends, or if you know an elder who needs a guardian but who doesn’t have someone appropriate to serve…then you need to Appoint a Third-Party Fiduciary.

If you or your spouse would like to bring in help so that you can live in your home for longer, or you want to explore the Community Medicaid options, available private pay services, and the idea of a reverse mortgage…then you need to conduct Long-Term Care Planning.

If you have young children and want to have control over who will become their guardians… then you need to conduct Child Protection Planning.

We can work together to get your affairs in order
and to put your mind at ease.