Estate Planning
Estate planning is the process used to ensure that your property is distributed after your death according to your wishes and with as little tax and administrative burden as possible. At Schuster & Associates, estate planning is taken a step further to include plans for health care and asset management during lifetime and, in some cases, to plan for care of minor children. The Terry Schiavo case brings health management and treatment concerns to the forefront; allow Schuster & Associates to address these concerns for you to ensure that your wishes are expressed and followed and not left to the judgment of others or government.
Some of the typical situations and questions clients face are grouped below. Please feel free to "click" on the situation that applies to you or the question you have to learn more.
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- What is a "living
trust?"
- I don't have an estate plan; so what?
- I have a will; isn't that enough?
- How do minor children fit in to this process?
- I am gay/lesbian; does this apply to me?
- How do things go when someone has a (living) trust?
- What is a "loving trust?"
- How do costs compare for administration with a will versus a trust?
- What is "probate?"
- I don't have an estate plan; so what?
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