Advanced Directives: How to Make Sure Your Medical Wishes Are Actually Followed

Two men meeting with and estate planning attorney

Most people assume that if something serious happened to them, their family would know what to do. That their spouse, their kids, or their closest friend would step in and make the right calls. And maybe they would—but without the right legal documents in place, it might not matter what they want. Hospitals and doctors … Read more

Don’t Keep Your Estate Plan a Secret (Usually)

Hollywood teaches us a lot, though most of it is wrong.  Remember the movie (or the countless movies) where the rich guy dies, and his only children are all snobs that couldn’t possibly appreciate the fortune that he would leave to them?  So the rich guy writes all of his snob children out of the … Read more