Within this comprehensive guide, you will find advice on estate planning, including wills, trusts, life care planning, as well as ways to avoid probate in the state of Ohio.Quick links: Estate Planning Life Care Planning Avoiding Probate What Is Probate Why You Want...
You may be aware that Life Care Planning— an extension of Elder Care Law— is an increasingly popular way to plan for the future, but may have questions about when to set it up. The short answer is, sooner rather than later. Here’s why. What is Life Care Planning?...
The circumstances related to receiving an inheritance can make for a stressful time for family members. This is only compounded by the sometimes confusing details of the will and all the related legal processes. Fortunately, the law has put mechanisms in place to...
When a person dies and their estate is in probate, the court must often identify their next of kin to award them their inheritance. But who qualifies? The term next of kin usually means a person’s closest living relatives, such as their spouse or children, but the...
When a person dies without a will, the probate estate is described as “intestate.” Each state has different laws that decide what happens to a person’s estate if no will is present to divide property among heirs. You might assume it would be a fairly straightforward...
Ohio recognizes two separate documents which deal with emergency medical care. One is the Living Will and the second is the Health Care Power of Attorney. The first is very different from the document commonly known as a last will and testament. It is a document...
