Estate planning lawyers can provide you with assistance if you wish to update a last will and testament. It is important that you get legal help instead of trying to handle updates to your estate plan on your own. Frank & Kraft can provide personalized guidance on the impact of the changes you wish to make and can advise you on the best legal tools to use as part of your estate planning. There are many reasons why you should reach out to an experienced attorney to make updates to … [Read more...] about Do You Need Help from Estate Planning Lawyers to Update a Will?
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5 Ways a Trust Attorney Can Help You
A trust attorney helps you to make use of trusts to protect your family and assets. Trusts are a common estate planning tool because they are both versatile and powerful. However, if you make the wrong kind of trust, financial disaster could result – especially if you do not discover the error until you are counting on the trust to provide you with benefits and protections. Frank & Kraft will help you to make a legally valid trust that is right for you and that accomplishes your … [Read more...] about 5 Ways a Trust Attorney Can Help You
Why Talk with Indianapolis Estate Planning Lawyers After Having a Baby
Indianapolis estate planning lawyers can provide you with help in responding to life's milestones. When you experience big life changes, you need to ensure that you have an estate plan in place to protect yourself and your family in light of the new circumstances. This can be especially important when you have a baby, as you now have a child depending upon you. Frank & Kraft is here to help if you have a child come into your life through birth or adoption. We can work with you to … [Read more...] about Why Talk with Indianapolis Estate Planning Lawyers After Having a Baby
How Often Should You Meet with an Indianapolis Estate Planning Attorney?
An Indianapolis estate planning attorney offers you assistance with the creation of an end of life plan and helps you to take control over what your legacy should be. It is important that you talk with a lawyer to put a plan in place, even if you are young, because you don't know when something could happen to you and you do not want to leave yourself of your loved ones unprotected. Once you have put you estate plan and incapacity plan in place, this is not necessarily the end of your … [Read more...] about How Often Should You Meet with an Indianapolis Estate Planning Attorney?
5 Reasons You Could Contest a Will
A probate attorney at Frank & Kraft provides help during the probate process to try to make this process go as smoothly as possible. Our legal team can represent an executor of an estate and help the executor to fulfill his fiduciary duty. We can also provide representation to heirs or beneficiaries who want to make certain that the executor is fulfilling his obligations and protecting an inheritance. With help from an experienced attorney, hopefully the process will go smoothly, the … [Read more...] about 5 Reasons You Could Contest a Will
Can You Get Tax Breaks for Retirement Savings?
Indianapolis elder law lawyers help people of all ages to prepare for their futures. We don't just help seniors and we don't just help people who are sick or at the end of their lives. We also assist people who are young, middle aged, and older to address the issues that matter to them when it comes to taking care of their families and assets. One of the key ways that Indianapolis elder law attorneys provide assistance in planning for the future is providing advice about making a … [Read more...] about Can You Get Tax Breaks for Retirement Savings?
Basics of Estate Planning: Estate Planning for Major Life Events
Blog Author: Stephen C. Hartnett, J.D., LL.M. (Tax), Director of Education,American Academy of Estate Planning Attorneys, Inc. This is another in a series of blogs on the basics of estate planning. Estate planning attorneys do many things. We help people structure their affairs for the various stages of their lives. When the client is starting out, we may help them establish a basic plan. This might include: A Financial General Durable Power of Attorney. This would allow someone to … [Read more...] about Basics of Estate Planning: Estate Planning for Major Life Events
Basics of Estate Planning: Choosing a Roth or Traditional IRA (or 401k)
Roth and Traditional accounts each have their merits. This blog examines the differences between the two. Blog Author: Stephen C. Hartnett, J.D., LL.M. (Tax), Director of Education,American Academy of Estate Planning Attorneys, Inc. This is another in a series of blogs on the basics of estate planning. In this blog, we’ll look at the differences between a Roth and a traditional IRA (or 401k). We’ll also look at considerations in choosing between them. With a traditional IRA (or 401k), … [Read more...] about Basics of Estate Planning: Choosing a Roth or Traditional IRA (or 401k)
Basics of Estate Planning: Advising Clients on Selecting Fiduciaries
Blog Author: Stephen C. Hartnett, J.D., LL.M. (Tax), Director of Education,American Academy of Estate Planning Attorneys, Inc. This is another in a series of blogs on the basics of estate planning. Often, one of the most difficult choices for a client to make is the selection of people to make decisions for them. These fiduciaries may have great control over the client’s affairs, typically at times when the client would be most vulnerable or already gone. Let’s take a look at the … [Read more...] about Basics of Estate Planning: Advising Clients on Selecting Fiduciaries
Basics of Estate Planning: Asset Protection
Blog Author: Stephen C. Hartnett, J.D., LL.M. (Tax), Director of Education, American Academy of Estate Planning Attorneys, Inc. This is another in a series of blogs on the basics of estate planning. This week, we’ll take a look at asset protection. Much depends upon whose assets you are looking to protect. If the assets are those that are coming to you, the debtor, then typically, those can be protected completely. The debtor could protect their own assets in three general ways: 1) … [Read more...] about Basics of Estate Planning: Asset Protection
