When creating a will, one of the first steps is to determine who your beneficiaries are. This can involve selecting who will inherit and, sometimes, determining who will not. You can disinherit a close family member for a variety of reasons. For example, some people di...

You can name almost anyone as a beneficiary to your will. A related question to who can be included as a beneficiary is who must be included in your will.

People have many reasons for not including people in their will, leaving people token amounts, or expressly disinhe...

Many parents want to pass on at least some of the assets they have accumulated during their lifetime to their children. But for every reason why a person would want to provide an inheritance to their child, there is a concern over how the inheritance will affect the ch...

We are all human, we all make mistakes, and our children are no different.  No matter their age, mistakes, or negative outside conditions,  can occur that take a major financial toll. A marriage or business deal can go bad, the economy can take a bad turn, or a sudden...

A do not resuscitate (DNR) order is a document that lets emergency personnel know that you do not want to receive cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and advanced cardiac life support (ACLS) if your breathing stops or if your heart stops beating. DNR orders are differe...

In 2010 Governor Patterson signed the Family Health Care Decisions Act (FHCDA) into law. The purpose of the FHCDA was to allow the family members of an incapacitated adult person to make medical decisions for that incapacitated person, even without the presence of a co...

When creating a will, one of the first considerations that people have is who to name as the beneficiaries. A beneficiary to a will is a person or organization you choose to leave your assets to.

For some people, this is a simple decision. Many clients choose to leave e...

Under normal circumstances, if you become ill or injured, you will talk to your doctors, research your medical options, weigh the pros and cons of each option, and make an informed decision on your healthcare. But what if circumstances are not normal? If you become unc...

Congress designed and passed The Health Insurance Portability and Accounting Act (HIPAA), specifically the Privacy Rule, to safeguard people’s health and medical records. The act attempts to ensure that our medical information stays confidential by imposing large penal...