Each week we discuss various elder-law, and elder-law adjacent, issues. In plain language, we review estate planning, guardianship, special needs and other legal and practical developments.
Clients often ask us to update their estate planning documents by preparing codicils or trust amendments. The idea of a codicil, particularly, is rooted...
From time to time we relate stories about do-it-yourself estate planning gone awry. It’s not that we get pleasure from explaining common mistakes....
Trustee disclosure is required by Arizona law. But how much disclosure?
What are spendthrift trusts? It’s pretty simple, really. A spendthrift trust has language directing the trustee not to honor attempts by the beneficiary’s...
Maybe you are involved in a trust administration proceeding. You might have created a