Young Adult Estate Planning
We here at Ergood Law feel that it is important to have the right protection in place so you can always help your child.
Beneficiary Designations and Other Non-Probate Transfers
Beneficiary designations and other non-probate transfers are an often-overlooked part of estate planning. They are overlooked by clients and sometimes even by professionals.
Planning for the Sandwich Generation
People are living longer and are having children later in life. Due to this combination of demographic factors, many more people are in the “Sandwich Generation.”
Whom Do You Want to Get Your Assets?
It’s important to consider whom you’d want to get your assets when you die. Most of us have an idea of whom we’d choose. But, it’s also important to consider who should get those assets if your [...]
Reasons an Estate Plan Could Be Challenged
Estate Planning is critical to making sure your wishes are carried out. This series focuses on how an Estate Plan could be challenged. This series will show the importance of doing Estate [...]
Make Your Own Plan
Some people plan their estates carefully. Some people don’t have an estate plan at all. That’s called dying intestate. In that situation, the state in which they live at their death has a default [...]
The Little Things May be the Most Important
Often, the smallest things have the most sentimental value. Your grandmother’s silverware or your grandfather’s railroad watch could connect you to them in a special way. Your mother’s ring or [...]
Choosing The Right Agent
Written by Attorneys for the American Academy of Estate Planning Attorneys A Secret Agent may be very important to protecting the nation. Your Agent is just as important for your protection. An [...]
Estate Planning is About More Than Taxes
Article written by the American Academy of Estate Planning Attorneys The new tax law doubled the amount that can be passed free of federal estate taxation, at least through 2025. In 2018, [...]
Estate Planning is for You, Not Just Your Parents or Grandparents
Often, people think estate planning is just for those who are elderly. While the elderly certainly need estate planning, estate planning is for anyone who cares what happens to them, their stuff, [...]
The Benefits of Trusts
There are many good reasons to use trusts. Trusts avoid the probate process, which is a public process to change title of assets from the deceased person to the new recipient. Trusts may be [...]
