Category: Estate Planning

How to Plan for the Loss of a Spouse

Navigating life after your spouse has passed can be one of the most challenging, emotionally taxing, and uncomfortable times in your life. All of this may be magnified if you and your spouse did not have an estate plan in place. The existence of an estate plan can provide the surviving spouse comfort and ease

Tips for Seniors to be Prepared for After a Hurricane Passes

As Floridians, we know hurricanes are massive storms marked by a rapidly rotating storm system with extremely strong winds. They contain a spiral arrangement of thunderstorms that produce heavy rains and coastal storm surges. Sometimes, they’re as big as our state. With so much potential for danger, including falling trees and flying debris, it’s critically

Why We Didn’t Know About Gene Wilder’s Illness: A Client-Centered Estate Plan

Most of us were surprised by learning Gene Wilder suffered from Alzheimers. Yet, as estate planning and elder care lawyers, we have to be in awe of how well he [obviously] planned for the time when he wouldn’t have capacity and how his care would be handled until his peaceful demise. We didn’t learn of