The only guarantees in life are death and taxes. When someone passes, government authorities must receive a notification. It is a good idea to assign individuals to handle delivering these announcements. An estate planner can verify that every institution needing...
Estate Planning
Should you update your estate plan?
As a resident of Colorado who has already created an estate plan, you are one step ahead of many people. However, simply creating an estate plan unfortunately is not enough. Over the years, you will likely have to revisit it many times and possibly rewrite certain...
Don’t wait to write a will
It's a common misconception that wills only need to be written at an old age. Most adults are not thinking about how their property and assets should be divided after they pass on, but the cold reality is that unexpected deaths can happen. The number one reason that...
Where there’s a will, there may be a reason to contest it
The most basic, and arguably most important, estate planning tool; a will can be used to accomplish several estate planning objectives including: Designate a guardian for a minor-aged child Designate who receives your belongings Designate how (some) assets are...
Estate planning: Three legal tools to put in your toolbox
Some may see the practice of estate planning as one that focuses in death; others prefer to focus on the brighter side: hope. Estate planning is an area of law that allows for an individual to determine how assets will be distributed, but it also does more. A properly...