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Long-term care involves not only a loss of personal autonomy; it also comes at a tremendous financial price. Proper planning can help your family prepare for the financial toll and protect assets [...]

As our Baton Rouge probate lawyers commonly say, “If you don’t create your own will while you’re alive, the state will give you one when you’re gone.” What that means is that if a person dies [...]

In a perfect world, the executor of a Last Will and Testament will have all the information and resources they need to administer an estate quickly and efficiently. In the real world, however, [...]

Baton Rouge probate lawyers hear quite regularly from heirs who are shocked to learn that the property they inherited from a loved one comes with a mortgage. Now what? It’s important to know that [...]

There are several strategies available that Baton Rouge estate planning lawyers use to help seniors and their families avoid lengthy and costly probate proceedings, including adding someone who [...]

As we continue practicing social distancing and, in some communities, shelter-in-place, more and more people are faced with a difficult situation: handling out-of-state probate proceedings after [...]

When a loved one passes away, the grief is often overwhelming and exhausting. The stress and shock can make it seem nearly impossible to even sleep or eat, much less do more involved things.  [...]

Legacy Estate & Elder Law of Louisiana, LLC in Prairieville, LA is excited to announce that attorney Lisa L. Henson has joined the firm. Lisa L. Henson is an attorney practicing in the areas [...]

In many states, the process of transferring property at death is referred to as probate; in Louisiana, that process is typically called a succession. There are many misconceptions about what a [...]