Estate Planning

Far too many people put off estate planning until it’s too late. Some of these people simply don’t see any urgency in creating an estate plan, while others may be fearful of confronting their own mortality. In the vast majority of these situations, though, individuals...

Parents of children with special needs know that their child’s need for care will last long after their child becomes an adult. They may want their special needs child to utilize government benefits such as Medicaid once they are grown. However, these benefits are...

Once we have an estate plan done, it is a breath of fresh air, a weight off of our chests. However, what many drafters forget is that estate plans are living documents that should change as we change. And, for most, if not all drafters, we should update our estate...

The thought of leaving your loved ones behind can be stressful, especially if you have a family member who needs extensive care and support. You might worry about how they’re going to pay for their medical care and meet their basic needs, as well as how their...

Readers of our blog likely know the importance of estate planning. After all, if we cannot avoid death and taxes, at least, we should plan for it. Right? However, according to study after study, most Americans are still not estate planning. At Kaiser Legal Solutions,...

Although offshore banking may have gained a bad reputation from the entertainment industry and because of stories in the news media, there is nothing illegal per se with the concept of offshore banking. As the name implies, offshore banking just means that a person...

Perhaps the best way to explain why everyone in Texas should prepare a will is to talk about what happens when someone dies without one. In this post, we will give an introduction to that topic and show how leaving a will can avoid many problems. But first, we need a...