Guardianship
Minor Beneficiaries.. Does Your Beneficiary Designation Really Reflect Your Wishes?
Many of us have minor children and grandchildren for whom we want to provide. Often we may include them as beneficiaries of our retirement plans, insurance plans and our wills and trusts. For example, Joe and Sheila are young parents of two minor children, Dakota and...
Advanced Directives vs. Guardianship… Which One Applies?
Most of my clients will do anything to avoid a guardianship court proceeding. Thus, we prepare advanced directives such as a durable power of attorney, designation of health care surrogate and a living will (“Advanced Directives”) which appoint people to act on the...