Who Will Take Care of Minors
Parents, if you do not want someone else deciding who will care for your minor and/or disabled children if something unexpectedly happens to you, it is crucial that you execute a Will designating a guardian for your children. Agreed, the possibility of incapacity, disability, or death is not a fun or uplifting topic to ponder. […]
Pre-Paid Funeral Services
Ever consider paying in advance for your funeral/burial expensesto save your loved onesthe financial burden? If your finances allow you to do so, pre-paying for funeral/burial services is an efficient and effective step in your estate planning that alleviates an often onerous task for your loved to undertake while grieving. A few words of caution […]
Avoiding Probate
Avoiding Probate So you want to avoid probate because of the big expense and long delays that probate will cause when you die? In Arizona, probate usually does not take a long time, and usually does not require a lot of expense. We can help make sure that your heirs will have as little expense […]
Preventing Financial Exploitation
Arizona has very strong statutes on financial exploitation. The statutes provide for a duty to notify, a duty not to cause or permit illness or injury, and a draconian remedy of forfeiture. The notice statute provides that certain people must report exploitation, abuse or neglect of an incapacitated or vulnerable adult (the Adult) to a […]
Elder Law: Estate Planning for the Middle Class
Elder law is an area of practice that has only begun to acquire a separate identity in the last several years. This area of practice encompasses the breadth of the legal problems faced by the elderly. As such, elder law is descriptive more of a clientele than it is of a particular area of the […]
The Letter and the Spirit of the Law of Long-Term Care Planning
The Letter and the Spirit of the Law of Long-Term Care Planning The purpose of long-term care planning is the preservation of the assets and income of a prospective nursing home resident for the benefit of the spouse, family, and heirs. The law of long-term care planning is incredibly complex and, in many ways, unfair. […]
Happenstance and the Law
America is a nation founded on ideals. One of these ideals is that the law should apply to everyone equally. Like most ideals, the reality often does not live up to the ideal. The law does not operate in a vacuum. Laws have meaning only as they apply to facts. Because facts are laid across […]