Category: Trusts & Estates

Trusts can be a useful tool in estate planning. Trusts provide the settlor (the “creator” of the trust) with added control over the distribution of his or her life’s work. …

10 Reasons You May Want to Consider Talking to an Attorney If you own a vacation house long enough, eventually you may watch a family saga of some sort – …

Sometimes parents or grandparents set up trusts to benefit children or grandchildren, but when beneficiaries have special needs, a standard trust may not fill the bill. Generally, trusts are appropriate …

The trustee is an invaluable ally for handling all matters of your trusts and estates. Given that a trustee has a fiduciary duty to act in the best interests of …

As part of estate planning Phoenix residents have the right to name someone a personal representative to their will. If you have been named someone’s personal representative, you may have …

On Friday, June 26, 2015, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a ruling that legalized same sex marriage across the country. As same sex couples contemplate marriage, it is important for them to …

Many of us don’t like to spend a lot of time thinking about the end of our lives. We prefer to think of passing away as being something that is …

When is the best time to begin your Phoenix estate planning? It’s actually never too early to start. If you have any valuable assets, either financial or emotional in nature, …

In Part I of this blog, we set up two very real scenarios where trusts were potentially being misused based on the original intent of the grantor. As we continue, …