Estate Planning

A trust is a legal document that names a trustee to hold assets for an heir. Unlike a will, which may be susceptible to disputes and estate taxes, a trust can resolve many potential difficulties in your estate plan. Many people can and often should make trusts if they...

If you undergo the effort to create an estate plan or will, you want to create documents that will have legal authority in the Kentucky probate courts. You do not want to end up in a situation where the documents you draft fail to achieve the intended results because...

We all understand the importance of having a will. It's a way to ensure that your loved ones receive the inheritance you've worked so hard to acquire for them over the course of your lifetime. Additionally, you want to make sure that your family's adjustment into...

If you're like most people, you probably think of wills when you think about estate planning. But there's another important tool that can be part of your estate plan: trusts.  Trusts can be used for various purposes, from avoiding probate to managing assets during...

When you include the right documents in your estate plan, you can protect yourself throughout your golden years, as well as your dependent family members. Some documents largely protect you as the testator or specific family members. Powers of attorney benefit...

Usually, assets that may be probated are titled under your name. Such assets may include your bank accounts, investments, home and vehicles. If you die and these assets are under your name, they’ll have to go through probate before they’re transferred to your heirs or...

A Do Not Resuscitate order, often known as a DNR order, is set up to prevent medical professionals from restarting someone’s heart or their breathing if either process ceases. The individual does not want to be kept on life-support, and they don’t want machines to be...

Disinheriting someone means cutting them out of your will even if they would have otherwise expected to be in that estate plan. For instance, simply not leaving money to a family friend doesn’t mean that you’re disinheriting them. They should not have expected to...

Drafting a will gives you control over your assets after your death. You can provide an inheritance for family members or even leave certain property for a charitable cause. When you have a baby, a will could be a means of providing financial support for your child if...

People sometimes believe that they don’t need to do their estate planning yet, and they may even think that it’s detrimental to do it too early. When you talk to those who don’t have an estate plan – the majority of Americans – they will often say that they don’t...