How Can I Get My Trust Across the Finish Line?

For each client, an excel spreadsheet of their assets is created. We review it with you throughout the process to make sure all your assets are on it. In the past, clients have forgotten about a vacant lot in Arizona, an undivided interest in a cabin or U.S Savings bonds sitting in a safe deposit box. If one asset is forgotten and not titled properly, probate will be looming in the future.

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If you’re interested in learning more about funding your trust and crossing the “goal line,” please call Marty Bodnar, Ann Arbor estate planning attorney at 734-665-4441 or email him at mbodnar@psedlaw.com.

How to Score a Touchdown with a Financial Power of Attorney

Remember to keep your Financial Power of Attorney updated. Just signing a POA only gets you to the “red zone.” Many financial firms will not accept a POA if it is too old. It is keeping a POA updated that gets you out of the red zone and into the end zone. To score a touchdown with a POA, it must be kept updated. We recommend that yours be updated every 5 years.

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If you would like to learn more about trusts and estate planning services at PSED Law, contact an estate planning attorney in Ann Arbor today! Attorneys at Pear Sperling Eggan & Daniels, P.C., can help assist you with virtually everything law related. Consult your attorney for details.

What is a Financial Power of Attorney?

A Financial Power of Attorney (“POA”) is used to avoid a guardianship proceeding in probate court if you become incapacitated due to a stroke, dementia or another illness.  Avoiding probate court can saves money and time and allows your family to manage your affairs privately rather than through the public process of a guardianship. 

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Get Started Today: Schedule Your Consultation!

If you would like to learn more about trusts and estate planning at PSED Law, contact us today! The attorneys at Pear, Sperling, Eggan, & Daniels, P.C., can help assist you with your case and with virtually everything law related. Consult your attorney for details.

Our attorneys know how to get results for our clients and they’re dedicated to getting a satisfactory outcome for you. Contact our estate planning attorney in Ann Arbor today at (734) 665-4441 for a no obligation consultation.

Designate Someone to Make Your Medical Decisions with Help from PSED Law

You have the ability to make your own medical decisions. You can accept, refuse, or stop medical treatment. If you lose the ability to make your own medical decisions, someone else will have to make those decisions for you. The good news is that you can choose the person you want to make those decisions. That person is called your “patient advocate” and you can give them information about your preferences, values, beliefs, wishes and goals that will help him or her make the decisions you want made.

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Get Started Today: Schedule Your Consultation!

If you would like to learn more about elder law and estate planning at PSED Law, contact us today! Attorneys at Pear Sperling Eggan & Daniels, P.C., can help assist you with your case and everything in between. Consult your attorney for details.

Our attorneys know how to get results for our clients and they’re dedicated to getting a satisfactory outcome. Contact our attorney for elder law in Ann Arbor today at (734) 665-4441 for a no obligation consultation.

Who Should Be Your Patient Advocate?

Your patient advocate can be a spouse or relative, but doesn’t have to be. For some people, a friend, pastor, or co-worker might be the right choice. Your patient advocate must be at least 18 years of age and should be someone with whom you feel comfortable discussing your preferences, values, wishes and goals.

Your patient advocate needs to be willing to follow your wishes even if that’s difficult or stressful and even if your decisions are different from the ones he or she would make for his or her own medical care.

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If you would like to learn more about patient advocate rights or elder law services at PSED Law, contact us today! Schedule an initial consultation. 734-665-4441

Ease Family Disagreements During Funeral Arrangements

Now, in Michigan, an individual can designate a funeral representative in a document separate from a will or power of attorney. The designation must be either witnessed by two people or notarized. A properly designated funeral representative has priority over all family members, including a surviving spouse, although the surviving spouse can be, and often is, designated as the funeral representative.

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Get Started Today: Schedule Your Consultation!

Our attorneys know how to get results for our clients and they’re dedicated to getting a satisfactory outcome. Contact our attorney for elder law in Ann Arbor today at (734) 665-4441 for a no obligation consultation.

Who Decides Funeral Arrangements?

Family disagreements often occur regarding funeral arrangements and the disposition of decedents body or cremated remains. Until recently, if there was no surviving spouse, the decision rested on the majority of decedents living children. Now, in Michigan, an individual can designate a funeral representative in a document separate from a will or power of attorney. Learn more here!

Get Started Today: Schedule Your Consultation!

If you would like to learn more about elder law and estate planning at PSED Law, contact us today! Attorneys at Pear Sperling Eggan & Daniels, P.C., can help assist you with your case and everything in between. Consult your attorney for details.

Our attorneys know how to get results for our clients and they’re dedicated to getting a satisfactory outcome. Contact our attorney for elder law in Ann Arbor today at (734) 665-4441 for a no obligation consultation.