Spring Cleaning? Dust Off Your Old Estate Plan With this Checklist
DGVE law’s March workshop featured a checklist for dusting off your old estate plan. Here are some details to help you evaluate whether your plan will do what you need, and when. My legal documents were drafted by a Massachusetts attorney following a review of my family and financial circumstances and a personal consultation with me to clarify my […]
Should We Have Joint or Individual Revocable Living Trusts as a Married Couple?
Should We Have Joint or Individual Revocable Living Trusts as a Married Couple Estate Planning Together? I’ve been getting this question a lot lately: Why shouldn’t we, as a married couple who have had all joint accounts and joint ownership, just have one joint revocable living trust instead of separate or individual revocable living trusts? […]
The End of an Era of Mad Men
Farewell, Mad Men, you will be fondly remembered and sorely missed.
“it’s not about what you have, it’s about how much you care”
Attorney Danielle G. Van Ess of the family-friendly, Hingham, Massachusetts law firm DGVE law, LLC wants to help you “protect your family, yourself, and your stuff.”™ She explains, “it’s not about what you have, it’s about how much you care. You care about who makes your medical decisions for you. You care who takes care […]
Life Is What Happens To You While You're Busy…
John Lennon said it best. Here we are just trying to survive the daily grind while we enjoy every other minute of it and dream of the future (all at the same time). How many of you are reading this on the laptop on your kitchen counter with children crawling underfoot or running around you? […]
