Due to the “staleness doctrine” of many financial institutions, revocable trusts often work better than durable powers of attorney for incapacity planning.
The website ThinkingAheadRoadmap.org provides tools for seniors to put in place a structure to assure their financial security as they age. Visit Wellesley
Chanel Reynolds, a mother whose husband died in a bicycle accident, created the website GetYourShitTogether.org to help people do their estate planning.
Having legal responsibility for a loved one with dementia imposes unique challenges. Ask questions about what to do when you do have the responsibility
We advise executing an out-of-state durable power of attorney and health care directive if you spend several months of the year living in another state.
We create many agency relationships — trustee, health care proxy, durable power of attorney — often without being aware of the roles we fill or who fills them for us.
Social distancing makes it more difficult to assist parents with finances and health care, but not impossible. Margolis & Bloom, Wellesley, MA, 781-7056400