General Estate Planning

Whether you’ve been asked to be the trustee of a loved one’s trust or you’re in the process of choosing someone to act as your own trustee, it helps to understand what is expected of a trustee. [...]

Baton Rouge Estate Attorneys Explain SIL/DIL Inheritance Rights As Baton Rouge estate attorneys, our clients regularly ask, if our child passed away, what rights would the son-in-law or [...]

You can’t escape news about the Coronavirus right now. Television, Facebook, and alerts on your phone update you all day long with news of the spreading virus. While there isn’t any need for a [...]

2020 Estate Planning Updates While it is always important to make sure your estate planning documents are up to date, there were some major changes in the law effective this year that might [...]

For years people have been worried about Social Security’s future, but what is the actual outlook? According to the federal government, unless Congress acts to intervene, Social Security [...]

Inheriting property from your parents is either a blessing or a burden — or a little bit of both. Figuring out what to do with the property can be overwhelming, so it is good to carefully [...]

There are lots of misconceptions about estate planning, and any one of them can result in costly mistakes. Understanding who needs an estate plan and what it should cover is key to creating a [...]

When it comes to retirement planning, many Americans find themselves underprepared. A majority of baby boomers (born between 1946 and 1964) and Generation X’ers (born between 1965 and 1978) often [...]

Federal law requires the state to attempt to recover the long-term care benefits from a Medicaid recipient’s estate after the recipient’s death. If steps aren’t taken to protect [...]

New federal rules are likely to make it significantly harder for people with disabilities to obtain green cards, a change disability advocates fear is an attempt to reinstate exclusionary [...]