Special Needs Planning

As the recent death of Anne Heche shows us, not having a will can place a significant burden on your children and cause undesirable complications.

You may have heard of the terms “springing” and “non-springing” power of attorney and wonder what they mean.

A life estate often comes up in discussions of estate and Medicaid planning. It is a form of joint ownership that allows one person to remain in a house until his or her death, when it passes to the other owner.

Accumulated frequent flier miles can be valuable assets, but what happens to those miles after somene dies? Can a spouse or other heirs inherit them, or do the miles simply evaporate like a contrail?