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Estate Planning When You Have Children Under the Age of 18
Protecting estate assets for the future benefit of loved ones is the primary goal of estate planning. Parents can determine how their property will be divided and distributed among family members and others. But you may need to consider estate planning strategies when...
Help Your Executor Out
When putting together your estate plan, you need to choose an Executor, the person responsible for administering your estate. Once you’ve decided on who that should be, there are things you can do to help your Executor out. Prepare a list of assets, including real...
Are You Sure You Own Your House If Your Significant Other Dies?
For many of us, our home is the most valuable asset we own. Yet many Georgia residents who own their home jointly with a spouse or other family member do not understand what would happen to the ownership of that home if one of the owners died. In Georgia, for...
Should the Inheritance be Equal?
For some parents the decision of how to leave their estate to their children is easy. The kids are all doing fine, they get along well, so the inheritance is left in equal shares. For other parents, the decision isn’t that easy. One child may have a disability, and...
How to handle becoming incapacitated
On behalf ESTATE PLANNING LAW GROUP OF GEORGIA, James M. Miskell P.C. posted in estate planning** on Thursday, April 24, 2018. Georgia residents could find themselves incapacitated at any time. This could happen because of a car accident or because old age has lowered...
The importance of regularly reviewing an estate plan
On behalf ESTATE PLANNING LAW GROUP OF GEORGIA, James M. Miskell P.C. posted in estate planning** on Monday, April 16, 2018. People who have an estate plan still need to review that plan regularly to make sure it remains up to date. For example, if the estate plan was...
Estate planning documents and their uses
On behalf ESTATE PLANNING LAW GROUP OF GEORGIA, James M. Miskell P.C. posted in estate planning** on Monday, April 9, 2018. Some people in Georgia might be among the roughly two-thirds of adult Americans who do not have a will. People often postpone creating an estate...
How to properly change a trust
On behalf ESTATE PLANNING LAW GROUP OF GEORGIA, James M. Miskell P.C. posted in estate planning** on Thursday, April 5, 2018. Georgia residents who need to make changes to a trust must do so in a proper manner. First, it is important to determine that the trust can be...
Living trusts need action to reap the benefits
On behalf ESTATE PLANNING LAW GROUP OF GEORGIA, James M. Miskell P.C. posted in estate planning** on Thursday, March 29, 2018. Many people in Georgia work hard to plan their estates in order to maximize the benefits of their assets for their heirs and beneficiaries....
The importance of revisiting estate plans
On behalf ESTATE PLANNING LAW GROUP OF GEORGIA, James M. Miskell P.C. posted in estate planning** on Wednesday, March 21, 2018. With the passage of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, a number of Georgia residents will find that they no longer have to worry about estate taxes....
Options for transferring wealth
On behalf ESTATE PLANNING LAW GROUP OF GEORGIA, James M. Miskell P.C. posted in blog on Wednesday, March 14, 2018. Many parents strive to take care of their children and loved ones in any way they can. A proper estate plan allows them to do so even after they pass...
Examples of asset control and protection enabled by trusts
On behalf ESTATE PLANNING LAW GROUP OF GEORGIA, James M. Miskell P.C. posted in estate planning** on Monday, March 12, 2018. People in Georgia who want to bequeath money or other assets to their children need to consider their recipients' ability to handle money and...
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