Has estate planning been on your to-do list for too long? Have important changes in your life or a recent move to Colorado left you concerned about whether your current will needs to be changed?
If you answer yes to either of these questions - our firm can help.
We develop estate plans that meet your specific needs. Some of the estate planning tools we utilize to fulfill your goals include:
- Will: A will provides specific instructions to your family and the court about the settling of your estate and distribution of your estate property to your beneficiaries.
- Trust: A trust is a tool where the title of your property is transferred to a trustee, who administers it for your benefit or that of another. This tool is a method to avoid using a will and going through probate to distribute property to your beneficiaries.
- Durable Power of Attorney: You can create either a general or a medical durable power of attorney. These documents grant power to a specific person or persons to make decisions about your property and healthcare property when you are unable to make your own decisions.
- Living Will/Healthcare Proxy: This document describes the types of extraordinary care you want doctors to use to keep you alive when you cannot communicate and you are in a terminal condition, meaning that you are expected to live six months or less.
- Anatomical Gift Declaration: This document allows you to donate your organs and tissues for transplantation purposes.
- Body Disposition Form/Burial Instructions: This form instructs your family about your intentions concerning this disposition of your body upon your death.
Relieve some of the stress placed on your family upon your death or incapacitation, by creating a comprehensive estate plan. For more information about estate planning, contact a lawyer at Glatstein & O'Brien LLP. We give families advice throughout the Denver metro area, including people in Boulder, the Front Range, Golden, Lakewood, Lafayette, Broomfield, and Adams County.
