Reese estate planning lawyers at Biddinger & Estelle can provide you with assistance in making the right plans to achieve your desired legacy. There are many considerations that affect the legacy planning process and the legal tools that you need to use to make your plans. One of the most important considerations is your specific family situation. Your family situation can affect your legacy plan in important ways. Here are a few key examples of how your situation will affect the plans you need … [Read more...]
Special Estate Planning Issues When You Have a Large Estate
Elder law attorneys provide assistance with making plans for the protection of your assets. Attorneys can also assist with addressing end-of-life issues and with making a legacy plan so you can use your assets to support your family and the causes that matter to you. There are many legal issues that you need to think about when you make your plans for the future, and Biddinger & Estelle provides help to people in Michigan's shoreline communities at all income levels and in all life … [Read more...]
Pros and Cons of Guardianship
Reese guardianship attorneys help families through the guardianship process. Guardianship becomes necessary in circumstances where a person does not have legal capacity to manage his or her own affairs. Children, of course, need guardians and a guardian may need to be appointed if parents cannot care for them. Adults may also need a guardian to be appointed if they become physically or mentally unable to care for themselves. If this happens, Biddinger & Estelle can help families to go through … [Read more...]
Five Questions to Help You Determine if Your Assets are at Risk
Medicaid attorneys provide you with important help in protecting your assets. Biddinger & Estelle can work closely with clients in Michigan's shoreline communities to ensure that they have taken steps to keep their money and property secure. Unfortunately, there are many risks to your assets that could cause your own financial security to be lost or that could make it impossible for you to leave a legacy. To determine if you need to make an asset protection plan, make sure you can answer these … [Read more...]
Why Do People Procrastinate About Estate Planning?
Elder law attorneys provide assistance with the estate planning process and with making all of the plans that you need to address end of life issues. Unfortunately, far too many people don't get help from an attorney when they need to in order to plan ahead for the future. Many people tend to procrastinate about making an estate plan, and while there are understandable reasons why, waiting too long to make your plans can be damaging. Why People Procrastinate About Estate Planning There are … [Read more...]
Are There Special Estate Tax Rules for Family Farms?
Harrisville family farm estate planning attorneys at Biddinger & Estelle can provide assistance if you or your loved ones own a farm that you want to try to keep in your family. Many people who own family farms want to hand their land and farming operation down to the next generation so the farm can serve as their legacy and so the farming tradition can continue. Unfortunately, estate tax can make this more difficult. But, the good news is, there are special rules that apply in order to try to … [Read more...]
How to Make a Plan to Protect Your Pets
A Harrisville elder law lawyer at Biddinger & Estelle can help you to make plans to protect your loved ones. This includes not just your human family members, but also your animal companions. Animals are at risk when their owners die or become incapacitated. According to the ASPCA, there are approximately 7.6 million companion animals surrendered to shelters annually and an estimated 2.7 million of those animals end up being euthanized. Your pet could end up homeless or worse, but you can … [Read more...]
How to Pick a Legal Guardian for Your Kids
A Reese estate planning lawyer at Biddinger & Estelle can provide assistance to parents of minor children in making plans to ensure children are protected if parents cannot raise them to adulthood. If something happens to you and you become incapacitated or you pass away, guardianship will ensure that your child is cared for by an appropriate caregiver of your choosing. You should not wait to go through the process of naming a guardian who will care for your child if something happens to … [Read more...]
Why Asset Protection is More Important if You’re Getting Older
A nursing home attorney at Biddinger & Estelle does more than just help residents of Michigan's shoreline communities to pick a nursing home. Our legal team also provides help to people who are getting older in making a plan to protect assets in case they require nursing home care. As you get older, making an asset protection plan becomes vitally important so you can keep your wealth safe if you must get nursing home care or long-term care at home. Here are a few key reasons why asset protection … [Read more...]
What Caregivers Need to Know About Medicaid
A Harrisville special needs planning attorney can provide help to caregivers who want to ensure their loved ones are able to get Medicaid coverage. If you are caring for a disabled child or for an older or sick adult in your family, you have many roles to play as a caregiver and an advocate. One of the most important of those roles may involve helping to protect your loved one from financial losses by making sure your family member can get or keep access to Medicaid benefits. You should also … [Read more...]
