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The Littlejohn Law Blog offers useful legal information and updates on a variety of topics, including estate planning, probate, and elder law. The blog is run by attorney Chris Littlejohn, who has over a decade of experience in these areas of law. Follow our attorney blog for interesting posts on a variety of legal matters, from real estate transactions to business contracts to liability in..
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1y ago
Why Would My Parents' Attorney Create A Will vs. A Trust? Today we are talking about Wills and Trusts. Specifically, the question is, "why would my parents' attorney create a Will instead of a Trust?"
The sole decision is that it is your parents' decision:
The decision to create a Trust versus the decision to make a Will would solely be your parents' decision. In other words, your parents would have consulted with an attorney, and the attorney would have sat down and given them their options.
Now sometimes people don't meet with an attorney, and they just decide on a legal tool on ..read more
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1y ago
Special Needs Trust – The Basics What is a Special Needs Trust? What are the two different types of Special Needs Trust? What are the differences?
A Special Needs Trust is a type of trust that protects the assets of somebody who is on some sort of disability or a minor child.
Example:
Somebody is on disability, and they are not going to be able to work in the future. Their parents have accumulated a substantial amount of assets throughout their life, and now they want to transfer those assets to their children upon their death.
However, even though it's substantial, the asset ..read more
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1y ago
Executors vs. Power of Attorneys Providing clarity of responsibilities for the Executors and Power of Attorneys Far too often, people think that the Power of Attorneys and Executors are the same thing. They have similar duties, but they think their function is the same way. What is a Power of Attorney?
A Power of Attorney is a legal document. It is a designation where somebody allows you to make decisions for yourself. In other words, you can designate somebody else to be your healthcare Power of Attorney, so they'll make healthcare decisions for you.
You can designate somebo ..read more
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1y ago
One-time offer: 2 – 30 Minute Coaching Calls With Attorney Littlejohn at Littlejohn Law, LLC
Hey, stop! Before you go to the order confirmation page, I just wanted to give you a one-time offer of two thirty-minute coaching calls with me. That's right! This is normally valued at $450.00.
But because you've downloaded the book, we're going to offer this for the low price of $197.00 for two thirty-minute coaching calls where I can help you dissect, triage, and figure out your biggest problem so that you can generate additional income.
We at Littlejohn Law want to help guide you in yo ..read more
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1y ago
Intestate Succession Laws What is Intestate Succession and how does it work when a loved one passes away?
Intestate Succession is a fancy word that means that somebody died without a Will. The Ohio revised code lays out a process to determine who is supposed to inherit what is in the estate. The first person that they identify who should inherit the estate is a surviving spouse. If the deceased was married, the surviving spouse inherits everything. If they have children, then the estate would go to surviving spouse. If that person is deceased, then it will go to t ..read more
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1y ago
Does My Real Estate Attorney Have My Back?
Clients often tell us that we are one of the highest-rated Google law firms in the valley and they want to switch councils. They want to know if this is something they can do.
What to consider before switching councils:
One of the first things that we consider, or you should consider when you're thinking about switching lawyers or law firms is, "does my law firm have the team so that they can adequately address the real estate litigation matter in hand?"
Far too often, we see solo or small law firms that are one attorney handling the case.   ..read more
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1y ago
Living Will vs. HPOA What is the difference between a Living Will and a Healthcare Power Of Attorney?
Planning is incredibly important when it comes to your family's future. A little bit of planning goes a long way. It helps alleviate the painful decisions your family may have to make when facing a situation such as you being on life support or whether to donate your organs should you pass. If you do some planning today, it will take care of your family in the future and for years to come.
What's a Living Will versus a Healthcare Power of Attorney?
A Living Will decides today ..read more
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1y ago
What Is Long-term Care?
What is long-term care and how does it work?
Long-term care is how you and your family are going to take care of your loved one who needs to go into a nursing home.
A little-known secret!
Most people 65 years or older have Medicare. If you have Medicare, they only take care of your first 100 days in a nursing home. On your 101 days, a hundred and first day, you must come up with a plan to take care of yourself.
What does that mean?
That means that people typically take care of themselves in one of three ways:
#1: they become private pay
#2: th ..read more
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1y ago
CO-POAS What is a CO-POA and what can and cannot be done as a CO-POA?
A Power of Attorney is somebody that you designate to make either healthcare or financial decisions for you in the event you are unable to make those decisions for yourself.
Example:
If you designate someone as your financial power of attorney, then he or she can go to the bank and be able to write checks and do all the financial things that you could do on your behalf.
If you designated someone as your healthcare Power of Attorney, then he or she could make healthcare decisions for you.
What happens if there are two Power ..read more
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1y ago
How To Keep Your House Out Of Probate With A Will What is the Probate Court's sole responsibility when it comes to someone who has passed away? How do you keep a house from going into probate?
The sole responsibility of the Probate Court is to transfer their assets according to a Will or according to the laws of Intestate Succession. The laws of Intestates Succession apply when there is not a valid Will.
Example:
If you pass away and you don't have a Will, then the laws of intestate succession would take over. Typically, the way it works is assets will go to your spouse. &nbs ..read more