Right Now, After Reading This Guide, You Know More About Estate Planning Than Many Lawyers

This is because the law has become specialized, much like medicine.  When you need a doctor, you can find specialists in foot care, eye care, and everything in between.  Law is much the same.  You can find lawyers who practice corporate law, family law, criminal law and every other kind of law.  And because they work in other areas of law, most of these lawyers don’t know estate planning.

If you hear a lawyer say:  “Probate isn’t bad.  Just come to me and I’ll write a new Will for you.”  This lawyer has not educated you about your options and probably earns a good part of his living from conducting probates.  No doubt, he will write your Will and then keep it in his or her safe for you.  But will you have the right documents to meet your needs?

If you hear a lawyer say:  “It’s easy to avoid probate.  Just put all of your property into Joint Tenancy.”  This lawyer doesn’t know the many financial dangers of owning property in Joint Tenancy With Right of Survivorship.  Fortunately, after reading this guide, you do.

If you hear a lawyer say:  “I’ll introduce you to the lawyers in our estate planning department.  They will create an estate plan for you for only $12,000.”  You can bet that this lawyer works at a large law firm that charges fees higher than you can imagine – higher than anyone should pay.

If you hear a lawyer say:  “Just go to a bookstore or go Online and buy a Living Trust form kit.  You can create your own Trust for $29.95 and it’s perfectly legal.”  Any lawyer who recommends that you prepare your own estate plan should not be practicing law.

If you hear a lawyer say:  “You don’t need a lawyer, you can get the same thing from a paralegal service.”  This lawyer doesn’t know how many different choices have to be made by a family to get the estate plan that fits its needs.  Or the lawyer doesn’t know what can go wrong if the documents are not properly executed and assets are not properly transferred into a revocable living Trust.

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M. Celeste Luce
Asset Protection & Estate Planning Attorney