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Common Estate Planning Mistakes

Only a little more than half of Georgia parents have an estate plan, such as a will or living trust document, in place. Even when parents do have the documents, many of their adult children do not know that such documents exist, or the contents of the documents. So...

Estate Planning Pitfalls

Estate plans are important tools used to plan for retirement and end of life care. Estate plans are not just for wealthy individuals. Anyone with income or property will benefit from an estate plan. The purpose is not necessarily to distribute a large amount of assets...

What You Should Know About a Living Trust in Georgia

A living trust is popular among the estate planning tool. A properly written and funded living trust can offer advantages both before and after death. During your lifetime, you can continue to live in your home, spend your money and live as you normally would. After...

How Does Bankruptcy Affect Trust Assets?

It is possible that you find yourself in facing a mountain of debt and your only option is filing for bankruptcy, but you may also be the beneficiary of a trust. In many cases, the person filing bankruptcy can eliminate all of their debt, and still retain the...

Divorce and the Division of Trust Assets

Division of property, including trust assets, is a chief concern among many parties going through a divorce. Couples with significant trust assets may have more complications that arise when trying to divide the marital property. Trusts are an estate planning tool...

How Divorce Can Affect Your Estate

Under Georgia law / probate code, in regard to wills (Last Wills and Testaments) O.C.G.A. § 53-4-49: Any will provisions leaving property to a former spouse are automatically revoked when the final divorce decree is issued and the property is passed to an alternate...