Estate planning and end-of-life health care decisions
While financial arrangements are a major part of putting together an estate plan, it is also important to consider your wishes regarding future health care decisions. If you become physically or mentally incapacitated, you may not be able to communicate these wishes...
3 elements that amount to undue influence during will creation
Generally, contesting and nullifying a will is usually quite difficult. However, it is possible. A will can be successfully challenged on a number of grounds. One of these is undue influence. Basically, a testator can be unduly influenced into altering their will when...
3 reasons you may want to draft a health care directive
Testators planning their estates in Georgia often create very simple plans. They may only draft a will and no documents that protect them in a medical emergency. However, your estate plan isn't just about your death but also about the possibility of incapacitation...
3 signs that it’s time to create an estate plan
Many people who would benefit from estate documents procrastinate about creating them to their own detriment. They may die with out-of-date documents or with no valid paperwork in place at all. These people will leave themselves and their family members at the mercy...
Avoid making these estate planning errors
An estate plan is the way that you can let your loved ones know what you want to happen to your assets when you pass away. This isn’t an easy thing to think about, but it’s necessary. There are numerous mistakes that people make when they’re creating an estate plan if...