Heart-wrenching stories are told by medical staff about families making difficult decisions about loved ones who are teetering on the edge of life. Those families are scarred by impossible decisions. You can help your family avoid that trauma by planning ahead. The...
Frequently, families want to protect their life’s work for their descendants. Among the options are asset protection trusts. However, to truly provide asset protections, the trust must be irrevocable. Irrevocable means the parent must give up control of the assets...
Unless you have guardianship or conservatorship over the parent, you cannot legally take their keys. Until proven incapacitated in a court of law or voluntarily turning over control through a Power of Attorney, they are free to make their own choices, even bad ones....
Caring for an aging parent can be challenging. It is hard to reverse the roles of caregiver and care-receiver. You love them, and making tough decisions that are contrary to their wishes is hard. But just like when they stopped you from playing in the road as a child,...
A conservator is a court-appointed guardian over an adult when they cannot manage their own financial, legal, or medical affairs. Typically, that individual does not have the ability to make decisions for themselves. Often the individual either is developmentally...
I miss Mayberry. Life was simpler, sweeter. A man’s word was his bond. A yes was a yes, and a no was a no. Today’s world has become a hustle-n-bustle of traffic, high-rises, and complications. That creates frustrations and a need to make things simpler. But when it...
