Help me deal with end-of-life legal matters

• Article - Revocable Living Trusts: A Beginner's Guide

  Revocable Living Trusts: A Beginner's Guide. A revocable living trust is one of the most important documents for parents to have in their estate plan.

• Checklist - 7 Important Instructions to Include in a Health Care Directive

  Know the 7 crucial medical-care instructions your parents should put in their advance health care directives.

• Article - Advance Health Care Directives and Living Wills: A Step-by-Step Guide

  How to set up a living will or health care directive. How to figure out what your parent wants and make sure it's reflected in the documents.

• Article - Conservatorship and Adult Guardianship: A Beginner's Guide

  When and how to appoint a conservator, or adult guardian, for your parent if she can't make important health and financial decisions for herself.

• Checklist - 10 Things to Consider Including in a Will

  10 top issues for your parents to consider before writing their wills, including how to divide their property and who will receive it.

• Article - Advance Health Care Directives and Living Wills: A Beginner's Guide

  A living will or advance health care directive lets medical providers know a person's preferences when they're unable to do so independently.

• Article - Probate: What It Is -- and How to Avoid It

  You can't help your parent avoid death or taxes at death. But you can save time and money by helping her plan to have her property avoid probate.

• Article - Winding Up Your Parent's Legal Affairs After Death

  Winding Up Your Parent's Legal Affairs After Death. This article covers the distribution of assets and wrapping up of affairs.

• Article - The Generation-Skipping Trust: A Beginner's Guide

  Generation-skipping trusts are not just for the very...

• Article - Estate Planning Basics

  Estate planning manages money and property during life and passes it to survivors after death. Know what the basic estate planning documents can do.

• Checklist - 6 Estate Planning Questions Your Parents Should Answer

  Your parents need to consider six essential questions about their property and end-of-life wishes. Estate planning addresses these issues.

Questions & Answers

• Question - Since my parents own property in several states, how will their estate be administered?

  This question has been answered by a Caring.com Expert

• Question - How should my father balance estate planning, tax planning, and Medicaid planning?

  This question has been answered by a Caring.com Expert

• Question - Can a probate ruling be appealed?

  Most probate rulings can be appealed, but you might not want to go it alone.

• Question - What if we suspect a trustee is mismanaging a trust?

  Family dynamics can make it hard to figure out whether a trust is being properly administered, or whether there is some type of illegal undue influence.

• Question - What's the emergency procedure for obtaining durable power of attorney for finance or health care?

  What's the emergency procedure for obtaining durable power of attorney for finance or health care? Get answers on obtaining durable power of attorney.

• Question - How soon after my parent's death do I need to begin administering her will, and what's involved?

  How soon after my parent's death do I need to administer their estate and other financial affairs? What other legal matters should I be aware of?

Tips & Reflections

• Tip - One Health Care Directive Is Enough

  Common sense might prompt you to think that if your...

• Tip - Where to Check the Form of Property Ownership

  Learn how to determine the form of ownership for your parents' property.

• Tip - Having Your Parents' Tax Returns Can Save You Time and Hassle

  When your parents draft a will and establish a revocable...

• Tip - Put It on a Card

  Legal documents, such as an advance healthcare directive...

• Tip - Final Arrangements: A Will Is Not the Way

  Why your parents' end-of-life preferences should be discussed in advance, not written into their will.

• Tip - A Do-It-Yourself Advance Directive

  If your parents have been putting off preparing a living...

Links

• External Link - Care at the End of Life

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