Wills & Living Trusts
I'm single.
If you’re single, you may wonder whether a will or a living trust is right for you—or whether you need any estate planning documents at all. We’ll help guide you through the planning process to help you make sure that, if something were to happen to you, your assets go exactly where you want them to—whether to family members, to friends, or even to charity—or a combination of all three. We can also help you specify your wishes for your belongings and health care should you become incapacitated.
I'm married.
If you’re married, you may think that you don’t need a will or living trust, especially if you intend for everything to go directly to your spouse, anyway. With the estate tax rules in flux and with ever-changing Washington law, though, you’ll want to make sure that your wishes are clear and in writing. We can help you with drafting a will or living trust that will accomplish your goal of providing for your spouse and family while reducing estate taxes.
I have children.
If you have children, you’ve likely already thought about how you would provide for them in the event of your death or disability. We can help you draft a will or living trust that will provide for their needs (whether through a trust or an outright gift) and even name a guardian who would be responsible for their care in your absence.
I'm unmarried but have a significant other.
If you’re unmarried but have a significant other for whom you’d like to provide, a well-drafted will or living trust is critically important. We regularly help domestic partners and others in committed relationships express their wishes through wills and living trusts, whether those wishes include giving all or part of the estate to their partner, to charity, to family members, or to a combination of all three.
Because many states do not recognize the legal rights of domestic partners or other committed, unmarried couples, we can also help you create documents to protect your ability to have access to and make decisions on behalf of your partner should she or he become incapacitated.
The following of our newsletters address various aspects of wills and living trusts:
If you’re single, you may wonder whether a will or a living trust is right for you—or whether you need any estate planning documents at all. We’ll help guide you through the planning process to help you make sure that, if something were to happen to you, your assets go exactly where you want them to—whether to family members, to friends, or even to charity—or a combination of all three. We can also help you specify your wishes for your belongings and health care should you become incapacitated.
I'm married.
If you’re married, you may think that you don’t need a will or living trust, especially if you intend for everything to go directly to your spouse, anyway. With the estate tax rules in flux and with ever-changing Washington law, though, you’ll want to make sure that your wishes are clear and in writing. We can help you with drafting a will or living trust that will accomplish your goal of providing for your spouse and family while reducing estate taxes.
I have children.
If you have children, you’ve likely already thought about how you would provide for them in the event of your death or disability. We can help you draft a will or living trust that will provide for their needs (whether through a trust or an outright gift) and even name a guardian who would be responsible for their care in your absence.
I'm unmarried but have a significant other.
If you’re unmarried but have a significant other for whom you’d like to provide, a well-drafted will or living trust is critically important. We regularly help domestic partners and others in committed relationships express their wishes through wills and living trusts, whether those wishes include giving all or part of the estate to their partner, to charity, to family members, or to a combination of all three.
Because many states do not recognize the legal rights of domestic partners or other committed, unmarried couples, we can also help you create documents to protect your ability to have access to and make decisions on behalf of your partner should she or he become incapacitated.
The following of our newsletters address various aspects of wills and living trusts:
- Living Trusts: Let Your Legacy Shape Your Life
- Estate Taxes: We're Not Off The Hook
- Back to Basics
- Federal and State Estate Taxes: Differences and Impending Changes
- The Estate Tax: Likely Direction and Smart Response
- State Law Changes: Couples and Kids
- Asset Protection
- The Who, What, When, and How of the New Washington Estate Tax
- The State Estate Tax: 'This Number Has Been Disconnected'
- Benefits of a carefully thought out estate plan
- A Flexible Tool For Educational Savings:529 College Savings Plans
- Dear Barbara – In case something happens to me:
- Securing Your Children's Inheritance (cont'd)
- Securing Your Children's Inheritance
- Radical Thoughts on Roth IRAS
- Living Trusts Revisted