Below you'll find a list of all posts from October, 2020
Getting a Texas Guardianship can be a complicated, stressful process. In most situations that require a guardianship, you will also be dealing with a traumatic experience, such as a death in the family or an ill family member. To make these situations less stressful so that you can focus on caring for the people you love, it is imperative that …
As a Matagorda County attorney, I hear about it all the time. The holidays can be a difficult time for children whose parents are divorced or separated. No matter how co-parents schedule their time with their child—for example, splitting time on Christmas or one parent taking Christmas Eve and the other Christmas day—the holidays can be a confusing time. Want …
Most parents sit back and watch as their children turn 18 and leave home. But what about parents of children with special needs? If you are the parent of a child with a developmental or intellectual disability, you should really consider setting up a guardianship of the person, estate, or both. Here are five reasons why. Individuals with Special Needs …
In its simplest form, estate planning requires careful consideration. When you are the parent of a child with special needs, it’s even more critical that you make the right choices when planning for your family’s future. One of those choices is whether to set up a special needs trust. The decision is an important one if you want to continue …
In my work as an estate planning attorney, I meet with a lot of people who have different legal needs. What I’ve discovered, however, is that most non-attorneys (and some attorneys who don’t focus on estate planning) have something in common—they don’t understand what estate planning is or what it can do for them. Part of my mission is to …
COVID-19 has forced many of us to consider all the unknowns that we have allowed to creep into our lives. Like pests that burrow into the foundation and structure of a house, these unknowns are now putting our lives and all we’ve worked toward in danger. As an estate attorney, I am tasked daily with making sure that my clients …
Living in the time of a pandemic makes you consider whether anyone is really safe. While the elderly and those with weakened immune systems are especially vulnerable to the coronavirus, you never know how your body will handle it. As a probate and estate attorney, the first thing I think about is how so many families right now have had …
As a Houston estate planning attorney, I can help your parents come up with an estate planning strategy. But first, you’ve got to have those tough conversations. Here’s how to talk to them about power of attorney. Having medical and statutory durable power of attorney over your parents’ affairs is a critical part of estate and end-of-life planning. In the …
Finding a divorce attorney who understands your situation can feel like a difficult task. When you and your spouse are parents to a child with special needs, it gets even harder. As a divorce and estate planning attorney who works regularly with parents or caregivers of children with special needs, I can tell you that if you plan to get …
As kids get ready to head back to school this fall, I thought it would be helpful to focus this article on an estate planning strategy that also addresses a growing problem: college tuition. The cost of college has skyrocketed over the last thirty years, which means that many students have had to take out federal and private loans just …
