Your shriek can be heard down the street: your mom just fell.

You rush over to her, trying to catch your breath. That’s when it hits you: The moment you have been so scared of has finally arrived.

Mom is no longer safe to live by herself.

When your father passed away many years...

If you are in a position where you are saving up money to see an attorney, or you cannot afford an attorney, or you just don't want to deal with an attorney, I want to show you that it is possible that you can do this yourself online, if you have a simple estate.

Remember, though, if you have a...

Let's look at the people who are involved in a trust. These are the same ones that we're involved in the Will and will also be the same ones involved in Probate.

The person who creates the trust has multiple names and even wears many hats. Grantor, Trustor, Trust maker, Creator, Trustee. After...

Did you know that there are at least 13 Different Types of Trusts? Why on earth would you want to pick from a list of 13 different trusts? My hope is that this will give you some ideas of some options that you may not have known existed and will be helpful to you when putting your estate plan...

Basically, there are two types of trusts: the revocable living trust, which is changeable, and the irrevocable trust which you cannot change.

There are actually benefits to both.

The most common one that people use is the revocable living trust because it is changeable. You put things in, take...

A trust will protect your family in the event of your passing. There are benefits to putting items and assets in a trust.

1. The first one is reducing taxes. It is so great not to worry about paying taxes on something that you inherit. Its no fun if you get something really great then have to pay...

If you are anything like me, you hate the thought of trying to understand legal terms! I have never had any interest, other than to get it done! We had a very bad legal experience when getting our Trust in place many years ago.

The attorney wouldn't answer any of our basic questions. She said, ...