Everyone has heard of the financial scams that target vulnerable seniors, even right here in Encino. Seniors are a common target for these scams because they often suffer from cognitive impairments that reduce their ability to discern legitimate requests from those...
Estate Planning
San Fernando Valley Wills and Trusts Lawyer: What You CAN’T Do with a Last Will and Testament
A Last Will and Testament is a great estate planning tool, but there are certain things it won’t accomplish. To begin with, a Last Will and Testament only comes into effect after you’ve passed away – it cannot be used to handle any of your financial or medical affairs...
Encino Will and Trust Lawyer: Estate Planning Later in Life
As an Encino will and trust lawyer, I’ve actually spoken to many elderly people who believe that, for one reason or another, it’s just too late to start estate planning or asset protection planning. Maybe they think they will never make it through look back periods...
San Fernando Valley Estate Planning Lawyer: If You Have a ‘Unique’ Family, You’ll Need a ‘Unique’ Estate Plan
Families come in all shapes and sizes. The traditional image – Mom, Dad, 2 kids – is being challenged more and more as couples are delaying marriage, choosing not to have children, or starting new families with children from a previous marriage. Since no two families...
Encino Estate Lawyer: Charitable Wills and Trust Can Help You Support Non-Profit Efforts
Many people think of the Rockefellers or Carnegies when it comes to the topic of leaving money in trust to charities. But, organizations that are able to do great things lean on the generosity of all of us. That is why as an Encino estate lawyer, I like to remind...
Parents of Graduating Seniors in Encino…Did You Know??
Did You Know… Now that your graduating senior is “legally” an adult, you can no longer make important medical or financial decisions on his or her behalf Your graduating senior may still be your baby, but in the eyes of the law, he or she is now an ADULT!...
Encino Elder Attorney: How the Legal Competency of a Senior Can Affect Planning Options
For Encino elder lawyers, legal competency is one of the main issues confronting seniors that we see. Issues of legal competency can cause problems while a senior is still alive and after he or she has passed, especially when considering financial affairs and disputed...
Make Your Medical Wishes Known for National Healthcare Decisions Day
Make Your Medical Wishes Known for National Healthcare Decisions Day National Healthcare Decisions Day was on April 16th, and it’s an important reminder for every adult to begin having difficult conversations with loved ones about their most private wishes for medical...
Top Fears that Encino Elder and Estate Planning Lawyers Face with their Clients
Top Fears that Encino Elder and Estate Planning Lawyers Face with their Clients When clients come to see an Encino estate planning or Elder Law lawyer, they generally have multiple goals in mind. Interestingly, they don’t always realize this fact, thinking that they...
Feeling Squeezed in the Middle of a Generational Sandwich?
How to Take Care of Yourself as You Take Care of Others by- Gerry Kane Raising your kids, working, trying to take care of yourself, and now caring for an aging parent? That makes you part of the Sandwich Generation. You are not alone—almost half of America’s 40- and...