by Keith Hajovsky | Oct 9, 2024 | General Estate Planning, Living Will, Wills
What’s the difference between a Will and a Living Will is another question that I often get from people who contact me. Even though they may ‘sound’ very similar, they are actually very different documents that take care of very different issues. A Will is a document...
by Keith Hajovsky | Oct 2, 2024 | Estate Administration, General Estate Planning, Power of Attorney, Wills
“Can my Power of Attorney take care of my assets when I die?” I get this question fairly often. And even more often than that, as I am talking to people about their estate plans I learn that many of them incorrectly assume that their Power of Attorney will still work...
by Keith Hajovsky | Sep 25, 2024 | General Estate Planning, Wills
Don’t wait until it’s too late to make your will. And this also goes for updating your will. Sure, life can get really busy, making it easy to put things off. And I think it’s somewhat human to be in at least partial denial to the fact that one day every single one of...
by Keith Hajovsky | Sep 18, 2024 | General Estate Planning, Wills
“How long does it take to create a will?” is a question I get all the time. Perhaps they are really busy with work and family, and they just don’t have much time to deal with such things, even though they are of course really important. Or perhaps they’re about to go...
by Keith Hajovsky | Sep 12, 2024 | General Estate Planning, Living Trusts, Trusts, Wills
“Do I still need a will if I get a trust?” is a question that I get often when people approach me about getting a living trust created to help take care of their estate planning needs. Although living trusts aren’t necessary in Texas as much as in some other states,...
by Keith Hajovsky | Aug 28, 2024 | General Estate Planning, Non-probate Assets, Probate, Wills
Whether you have a will or not, you are most likely to have both probate and non-probate assets. In fact, I like to tell clients there are basically two “buckets” of assets – one for probate assets and and one for non-probate assets. Probate assets pass...
