Leanna Hamill, Attorney at Law, P.C. provides estate planning and related legal services to clients of all ages, with a focus on the needs of older individuals and their families.
Once you have narrowed down your choices for a prospective guardian to take care of your children if something happened to both parents, it’s important to talk to those people to make sure they want to serve, and understand what it means.
Some of the things you will want to talk about:
Whether the prospective guardians want [...]
The Huffington Post had a recent article on 4 dangerous myths about choose guardians for your children.
The myths in the article are:
1. That there is a perfect match for your children, you just have to figure out who that is and then you’ll get the Will in order . The truth is, there is [...]
One of the biggest obstacles that people seem to come up against when thinking about drawing up a Will or making some plans for retirement is uncertainty about the process. It’s common to avoid things that make us nervous, and many people put off calling an attorney about their estate plan because they don’t even [...]
Inspiration comes from interesting places. I was reading a blog post a while back that I thought was just a post by a mother about how she doesn’t like to leave her children with many people, only those on her “safe list.”. The comment section was filled with other mothers agreeing with this and talking [...]
Every family has their own particular needs and wants when it comes to putting wills and other legal documents in place. Today’s post is about the things you need to think about if you are putting an estate plan in place and not all of the children in the plan are children of the current [...]
If you are heading out this holiday season (or any time) and leaving your children with a relative or babysitter, here’s a handy emergency contact form as well as some tips on what the care provider should do in an emergency. Download by clicking this link: CareProviderEmergencyProcedures.
The document will open as a [...]
If you first drafted your estate plan before you had children, you need to change your Wills and other estate planning documents after the birth or adoption of your children. Here is the list of questions I provide to my clients when they have a new child to help guide them through the changes [...]
When we were little I remember knowing my aunt and uncle were our “godparents.” We though this meant that if something happened to our parents, we’d go and live with them. (I also remember thinking that living with our cousins sounded very exciting, not quite realizing what would have occurred to make that necessary.) These [...]
I sometimes forget that clients cannot read my mind. We will be talking about their estate plan and making sure that their minor or disabled children are provided for and I’ll mention the word “trust.” I mean in the general sense of “a person (the trustee) holding property for the benefit of another (the beneficiary.)” [...]
One of the most important parts of an estate plan for a family with minor children is selecting the guardian to care for the children if both parents pass away. This decision can be stressful for intact families, and seemingly impossible for parents who are no longer together.
No matter which parent is in my office, [...]
