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Benefits to Getting a Probate Lawyer
Estate planning is a crucial process that ensures your assets and properties are distributed according to your wishes after your death. However, the probate process can be complex and overwhelming for your loved ones,… Read “Benefits to Getting a Probate Lawyer”
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Reasons Why You Need a Living Will
No one wants to think about their own death or a serious medical emergency, but the truth is that unexpected events can happen at any time. That’s why having a living will is so important. A living will is a legal… Read “Reasons Why You Need a Living Will”
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Polaris Estate Planning and Elder Law Named a 2022 Law Firm 500 Honoree
Over the past few years, our team at Polaris Estate Planning and Elder Law, have been dedicated to providing excellence in customer service resulting in many happy clients. In doing so, our commitment and focus has… Read “Polaris Estate Planning and Elder Law Named a 2022 Law Firm 500 Honoree”
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Single, No Dependents? Yes, You Still Need an Estate Plan
The world of estate planning is full of misconceptions and one of the most dangerous is that unmarried and unattached individuals don’t need an estate plan. Nothing could be further from the truth. Every adult needs an… Read “Single, No Dependents? Yes, You Still Need an Estate Plan”
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Estate Planning 101: Understanding Medical Power of Attorney
When most folks think about estate planning they think about wills, trusts, and other asset-management tools. An estate plan is synonymous with financial organization and leaving everything in order for one’s heirs. And… Read “Estate Planning 101: Understanding Medical Power of Attorney”
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New Year, New You: Make This the Year you Finally Organize Your Estate
Estate planning is a life-long project. As soon a person reaches the age of majority, they gain full control of their medical and financial affairs. This is great and yet with new responsibility comes new risk. Even if… Read “New Year, New You: Make This the Year you Finally Organize Your Estate”
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Estate Planning Checklist: Five Things You Need to do Before New Years
If you’re the pragmatic type, one of your New Year’s Resolutions may have been finally getting your estate in order. However, if you’re human, you might not have gotten around to it. The promises we make in January are… Read “Estate Planning Checklist: Five Things You Need to do Before New Years”
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Holiday Conversation Starters: Why You Need to Talk About Estate Planning This Year
Nobody relishes the idea of talking about estate planning and yet if you want to maintain a healthy relationship with your loved ones now and long after you’re gone, it’s something you need to do. This year, when your… Read “Holiday Conversation Starters: Why You Need to Talk About Estate Planning This Year”
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Living Your Best Afterlife: How to Protect Your Family After You’re Gone
With Halloween on the horizon and ghosts and ghouls decorating the streets, we can’t help but think about the afterlife. One day, we’ll all be six feet under and while the zombies in the storefronts might indicate… Read “Living Your Best Afterlife: How to Protect Your Family After You’re Gone”
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What Taylor Swift Can Teach You About Getting Your Affairs in Order
Taylor Swift probably wasn’t thinking about estate planning when she wrote, “words, how little they mean when you’re a little too late,” and yet the lyric applies to financial affairs just as well as to affairs of the… Read “What Taylor Swift Can Teach You About Getting Your Affairs in Order”