A common misconception about estate planning is that it is about planning for the end when, in fact, it is about planning for change. Anyone’s life can turn on a dime. Marriages start and end all the time; businesses flourish and fail; children are born and lives are...
During the month of April, we are going to focus our blog posts on the most common documents that comprise an Estate Plan. We will begin with the document that most often comes to mind when someone is considering Estate Planning, a Last Will and Testament. If you are...
A small business owner or owner of rental real estate has exposure for liabilities arising from the operation of the business or from the real estate. To provide protection from that liability, owners will often create a corporation or a limited liability company...
The pandemic has made many law firms reconsider how they do business, and our firm is no exception. Even pre-pandemic, people put off estate planning because the idea of incapacitation and death are uncomfortable to talk about. However, amidst the global pandemic,...
We live in a society that files some 70,000 lawsuits per day, many without merit. The high legal costs of defending a frivolous lawsuit often force defendants who have done nothing wrong to pay an out of court settlement. The first step to protection is insurance,...
Due to the high cost of nursing home care today, many seniors look to Medicaid for help covering the expense. In order to qualify for Medicaid in Georgia, the applicant’s income and assets must not exceed certain limits. As of this writing, the income cap for Georgia...
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