You might want to keep the details of your estate plan to yourself. Many people do. Yet it is typically best to share at least some details with your family. Here are three reasons why: 1. It reduces the stress on them The weeks following your death will be...
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4 sets of people to tell about your divorce
You might not feel like shouting about your pending divorce from the rooftops. Yet, you should think about telling a few key people. These are people who can help you through it or who need to know because it will affect them. Here are four of those groups: Your...
3 ways to improve communication as co-parents
Parenting together after your divorce can be challenging. If you do not manage those challenges well, it can result in conflict, which harms you and your children. There are ways to reduce the chance of problems. Here are some of them: #1. Outline how you can contact...
What is a letter of instruction?
However simple or complex your estate plan is, there is one document that it should always include. This is a letter of instruction. This document is relatively straightforward to write, but it can be a massive help in simplifying things for your loved ones after you...
This may be the biggest myth about estate planning
There are many different myths about estate planning, and it’s important for people to sort this out before they get started. You don’t want to make any avoidable mistakes simply because you got bad advice from someone else, who may have meant well when they gave it...
3 actions that may affect the value of your marital estate
When married Colorado couples decide to divorce, they either reach their own property division arrangements or turn to the family courts. Judges presiding over divorces will apply the Colorado equitable distribution statute to your belongings and debts to arrive at a...
What does a mandatory protection order mean?
You got into a fight with your significant other and things heated up rather rapidly. The next thing you know, you were charged with domestic violence and slapped with a mandatory protection order. What does this mean? How could this eventually affect your case?...
Do you need to include powers of attorney in your estate plan?
Some estate planning documents are more common than others. Most people who intentionally plan their estates will create a will, but trusts are less common. Just because documents aren't used as frequently as wills are is not an indication that they are less valuable....
What happens to your retirement account when you divorce?
Trying to make sense of your marital estate can be a challenge in the early stages of a divorce. Many people struggle to identify what is truly marital property and what may be separate property that is not subject to division. Inaccurate information about divorce...
2 important Supreme Court decisions on the Miranda Warning
You are probably at least aware of your Miranda rights. Anyone who has watched a television show where someone gets arrested knows that the police should tell an individual about their right to remain silent and their right to legal representation when facing criminal...