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As your parents age, you need to start looking towards the future. While nobody really likes to talk about the end of their life, it is an important conversation to have with your parents. Putting a Kentucky estate plan into place is important. It is something that will affect you, so it can help to [...]

There are numerous estate planning tools you can use to ensure your heirs receive your assets after you are gone. A revocable living trust is a very useful tool in this case, but only when creators use it correctly. Here are some important points to keep in mind when creating your living trust.  Creating the trust is [...]

Just because you have an estate plan doesn’t mean you have a complete understanding of how it will work. And if you don’t understand it, how will you explain your wishes to your family? Many people — no matter what point they are in life — have difficulty understanding the intricate distinction between a will [...]

As a resident of Kentucky who already has your estate plan prepared, the only thing left to do is revisit it every few years to see if it needs any updating. You want your estate plan to reflect the most recent circumstances in your life, after all. You may even find yourself needing to update [...]

Your pets are a part of your family. Like children, they are completely dependent on your care. If something happens to you, do you have a plan for your pet? In Kentucky, you can create a trust specifically for the care of your pet. Estate planning does not only include your assets and property, estate planning [...]

Your parents have always been there for you, but soon you might need to return the favor. Make sure your parents get the help they need, without sacrificing your retirement. It can be difficult to watch your parents reach a stage of life where they need help, and just as difficult to figure out how [...]

Are you a resident of Kentucky currently drafting an estate plan? If you have never done this before, it is important to know what estate planning mistakes are often made by others, so that you can avoid making them. According to FindLaw, here are some of the most common estate planning mistakes people make. The [...]

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While getting older is inevitable, it does not come easily. Whether you develop the need to stretch as soon as you get out of bed in the morning or take great strides to slow the appearance of aging, you experience a wide range of changes as you age. But in addition to your physical changes, [...]