January 6, 2015Power of Attorney, Short QA Whats the Difference Between a Power of Attorney and an Executor What is the difference between a Power of Attorney and an Executor (as answered by Joan Lensky Robert, Esq., a...
December 30, 2014Probate, Probate Avoidance, Wills About Wills and Avoiding Probate What does a Will do and how do you avoid probate? A Will allows the person creating it — the...
October 21, 2014Power of Attorney Power of Attorney: Trust Your Agent When offering legal advice, one of the first things we recommend to our clients is that they must have a...
October 2, 2014Probate, Revocable Living Trusts, Short QA How Does a Revocable Living Trust Avoid Probate? Once assets are transferred to the trustee, the trustmaker no longer holds legal title to them. If the trustmaker dies,...
September 9, 2014Power of Attorney Is my spouse automatically my Power of Attorney (POA)? No one, including your husband (or wife) is automatically your agent under a Power of Attorney. The person who you...
September 4, 2014Dementia, Power of Attorney My Mother Has Dementia But is Still Lucid. Can She No Longer Designate Me As Power of Attorney? Not necessarily. The issue of whether an individual has the capacity to execute a document, whether it is a contract,...