What Is Estate Planning?
When you die, what will happen
to your assets? Who will inherit them? How much will
each person inherit? What will
happen if you become incapacitated? Who will make medical
and financial decisions for you? Who will take over your
personal, financial, and medical affairs?
Estate planning
is the process of making sure that these questions are
answered the way you want. It is done in order to maximize
the wealth that you pass on to your heirs after you
die with the minimum inconvenience to them. It is also
done
in order to make sure that someone you trust will be
making
health care and financial decisions for you in the
event that you become incapacitated. Most important of
all,
it is a way to document your wishes so that they will
be adhered
to upon your death or incapacity.
Without an estate plan, a large portion
of your estate could be taken by estate taxes and probate
fees. But a little education and some planning can give
you peace of mind and save thousands of dollars for your
children and heirs.
You can rely on the Kisner
Law Firm to
create an estate plan that saves you substantial amounts
of money, prevents unnecessary complications, eliminates
probate expenses and minimizes or eliminates estate taxes.
Contact the Kisner Law Firm today.

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Which Document(s) Are Right For
You?
Wills
A will is a document in which you name whom your assets will go to after you
die.

Durable Powers of Attorney
(POA)
A power of attorney is a written document in which a person (called the principle)
appoints someone else (called the agent or attorney-in-fact) to act on his
behalf.

Revocable Living Trusts
A trust is a relationship that is created by a person, called the trustor/settlor,
who transfers his/her assets to another person, called the trustee.

Advanced
Health Care Directive
California law requires that you cannot appoint someone to make health care
decisions for you in a power of attorney that is for financial matters, usually
described as a Durable Power of Attorney.
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