Millions of Americans function as family caregivers for loved ones. This is one of the most challenging and difficult phases of anyone's life. At Clarity Legal Group, we think there is nothing better we can do with our time and experience than serve as support to those caregivers, guiding them through the difficult array of circumstances they may face as a caregiver, all built around the issue of control: control of healthcare decisions, financial accounts, contracts, professional services, … [Read more...]
How a Chapel Hill Living Trust Attorney Helps You Plan for Incapacity
A Chapel Hill living trust attorney can provide you with help making an incapacity plan. There are many tools that could be a part of this plan, but living trusts can be especially helpful in ensuring that you are prepared if you become incapacitated. At Clarity Legal Group we work closely with you to define how a living trust can fulfill your goals for organizing your affairs. We begin every engagement which a focus on what is important to you, and then provide clear solutions for how to … [Read more...]
6 Important Estate Planning Considerations – Part 2: Long-Term Care
Many considerations must be addressed in an estate plan, not just who gets whatever’s left after your death. Long-Term Care expenses are an ever-increasing concern. Your estate plan should consider how those expenses would get paid. This article looks at several ways to plan for those expenses. 6 Important Estate Planning Considerations – Part 2: Long-Term Care … [Read more...]
Trust Administration is a More Private Way to Transfer Wealth
The trust administration process is a preferred way of transferring wealth after a death occurs. One of the many valuable features of planning with a Living Trust is the privacy made possible through this planning technique. This privacy is available only if you have organized the management of your affairs through a trust before your death. Furthermore, the privacy is only assured if you use the Trust Agreement as a vehicle for avoiding the court process known as probate, which requires both … [Read more...]
Key Things a Chapel Hill Medicaid Attorneys Wants You to Know
The Chapel Hill Medicaid attorneys at Clarity Legal Group can provide you with very important help through a carefully crafted Medicaid plan which will protect your assets while ensuring your eligbility for Medicaid without penalty. Many people do not realize that Medicare does not pay for long term care. Instead, financial support for long term care must come from private insurance, the family's own funds, or Medicaid. If you or your loved one does not have enough money to self pay for an … [Read more...]
Durham Estate Planning Attorneys Explain Benefits of Advanced Directives
Durham and Chapel Hill estate planning attorneys don't just help you make a will — they help you to prepare for the future. This includes thoughtfully considering what could occur if you suffer a serious medical emergency, such as an unexpected injury or a grave illness. Sometimes, injuries and illnesses happen without warning and can leave you unable to communicate or unable to express your preference regarding whether you want to receive medical care or not. You don't want to find … [Read more...]
6 Important Estate Planning Considerations – Part 1: Incapacity
One of the most important considerations in an estate plan is incapacity planning. This article describes how an estate plan provides incapacity planning and the documents which may be used to accomplish that planning. It also looks at how having a plan in place may relieve stress during an emergency. 6 Important Estate Planning Considerations – Part 1: Incapacity … [Read more...]
What Executors Must Know About the Probate Process
At Clarity Legal Group, we build our estate planning around the goals of our clients. These goals can be very personal, but they almost always include making things easy for those who are left behind. Planning to avoid the court supervised process for administering estates known as probate is a key approach to making things easy. The fact that we help clients avoid probate doesn't mean we aren't prepared to help people through the challenges of probate when necessary. In fact, this is a big … [Read more...]
Common Mistakes When Making a Will
Estate planning attorneys help you to take control of your legacy. At Clarity Legal Group, we want to ensure you have the chance to dictate what happens to the wealth you have worked so hard for during the course of your life. That's why our legal team helps you to make effective use of legal tools both to protect your assets during your lifetime and to ensure your wishes are respected regarding the transfer of assets after your death. Everybody needs a Will. No estate plan is complete … [Read more...]
What are the Biggest Risks to Your Assets?
Asset protection lawyers at Clarity Legal Group can help you evaluate the risks to your wealth and determine what steps you can take to keep your money and property as safe as possible. You work hard to build a nest egg hoping to provide for yourself as a senior and to leave a financial legacy to loved ones after you pass away. Typically, people are aware that risks to the security of their assets are out there, but do not focus on them until too late. I became an estate planning attorney … [Read more...]
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