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Oct

LifeBinder and EstateCare: Keeping Your Estate Plan Organized, Accessible, and Current

Signing your estate planning documents is a major milestone, but it is not the finish line. When a medical emergency, natural disaster, or death occurs, your family will need more than a signed will or trust. They will need to know where your documents are, what accounts you...

Categories: Estate Planning Trusts

Oct

Can an Estate Plan Include a Right of First Refusal on Property?

When a family owns property with significant financial or sentimental value, deciding what happens to it after the owners pass away can be complicated. One family member may wish to preserve the property for future generations, while others may prefer to receive their inheritance...

Category: Estate Planning

Oct

Not Every Heir Wants to Inherit: A Lesson in Wills, Trusts, and Family Peace

The Great Wealth Transfer, a term describing the movement of wealth from older generations to younger ones through inheritances and other financial gifts, is underway. 1 However, that does not mean every heir will receive a share. Some may receive nothing because their parents spe...

Category: Trusts

Oct

Hear From Our Clients: The Strauss Attorneys Experience

Estate planning can feel like a lot to take on. There are decisions about your family, your property, and the people you would trust to help if you could no longer manage things yourself. Even knowing where to begin or which questions to ask can feel overwhelming. At Strauss Atto...

Category: Estate Planning

Oct

Aging Without a Built-In Support System

“Who’s going to take care of you when you get older? ” If you do not have children, you may have heard this question from family members or friends. It often comes from a place of genuine concern, but it can also oversimplify the realities of aging. Having adult children does not ...

Categories: Estate Planning Elder Law

Oct

Where Does It All Go? Legacy Planning Without Direct Descendants

Estate planning tends to assume a straight line: parents to children. But that assumption does not fit everyone. For people without children, the question becomes, Who should inherit your assets and how do you want your legacy to be carried forward? Not Having a Will May Le...

Category: Estate Planning

Oct

Who Speaks for You? Choosing Trusted Decision-Makers Without Adult Children

If you do not have children, whether by choice or circumstance, estate planning can feel like it was not designed with you in mind. Most of the conversations around estate planning and legacy assume that there is a next generation to plan for. But not having children does not obv...

Category: Estate Planning

Sep

Emergency Preparedness When Your Parent Is in a Nursing Home

The decision to place a parent in a nursing home or assisted living facility is rarely simple. It can feel even more fraught in hindsight when something goes wrong. Careful research and frequent check-ins can help keep a parent safe and secure in their new residence, as can prepa...

Category: Legal Advice

Sep

How to Protect Your Legal Documents in a Natural Disaster

Legal documents can feel abstract when nobody immediately needs them or you have never used them, in much the same way that the risk of a wildfire, hurricane, or other emergency can feel remote until you experience one firsthand. Suddenly, the stakes are real, a plan is put to th...

Category: Legal Advice

Sep

Be Ready for the Unexpected: A Big-Picture Checklist

National Preparedness Month is observed every September to encourage individuals, families, and communities to plan for disasters and emergencies. Sponsored by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)1, this annual campaign emphasizes actionable steps such as understanding ...

Aug

Real Clients, Real Experiences: What Our Clients Say About Strauss Attorneys

Estate planning has a reputation for being complicated, and honestly, some of that reputation is deserved. There are documents to sign, important decisions to make about the people you love, and plenty of "what if" questions that aren't always easy to think about. It's no wonder ...

Aug

Why Your Permanent Life Insurance Policy Needs a Checkup

Most people purchase a permanent life insurance policy, whether whole life, universal life, or a variation of either, with the expectation that it will quietly provide coverage for the rest of their lives. Premiums are paid, coverage remains in place, and eventually, the policy p...

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