A good legacy plan one made with the following ingredients: Clarity - Making sure your instructions and wishes are clear is imperative. Customized Plan - Your legacy plan must be crafted by your unique circumstances, personality, portfolio, morals, and more.  Consultation - You should consult with a qualified attorney that asks many questions...

Upon your passing, your will becomes a public document once it is probated. Probate is a formal legal process of your executor proving your will, being formally named executor, and accounting/distributing assets.

Because a Will is a public document upon probate, it is important to consider the possibility that someone may challenge your Will....

People always ask, what is the difference between these two documents? Will or trust, I'm still leaving my assets to the people I care most about, right? Sure, that is true, but there are several key differences between the two.

Trusts are usually pieces of a larger puzzle. For instance, you may have sizeable assets...

Beware of Trust Mills: Trusts mills are companies that sell trusts to senior citizens, without consultation by a lawyer. The motivation behind trust mills are two-fold: First, they charge a significant amount of money for un-customized documents that do a disservice to clients. Second, the companies, while building the trusts, send an affiliated...

One of the most difficult tasks in any estate plan is choosing who will manage your affairs while you’re alive and after you pass away. In addition, if you have children under eighteen, you also must consider who will step in as guardians if need be. An agent is a broad term, and...

Should You Worry About Probate?

When I first started practicing it was drilled into my head by other attorneys in this field across the country that probate should be avoided at all costs. But in Pennsylvania, the situation is a little different. Warning: This article is long! The true summary? Every case is different, and...