{"id":3736,"date":"2019-06-17T22:57:56","date_gmt":"2019-06-18T02:57:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.atyourbusiness.com\/blog\/?p=3736"},"modified":"2019-06-17T22:58:17","modified_gmt":"2019-06-18T02:58:17","slug":"estate-planning-attorney-what-it-is-and-why-you-need-one","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.atyourbusiness.com\/blog\/estate-planning-attorney-what-it-is-and-why-you-need-one\/","title":{"rendered":"Estate Planning Attorney: What It Is And Why You Need One"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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Basically everyone has an estate. It’s made up of all of the things you own.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

No matter how big or small it may be, your estate doesn’t go with you once you die. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

An estate planning attorney can help you with getting your affairs in order in case something happens to you, such as incapacitation or eventual death.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How do you know if this is something you need? Keep reading to find out more about why this is so important.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

Why Do You Need an Estate Planning Attorney?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Estate planning is about more than just your last will and testament<\/a>. It can actually be pretty complicated. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

An estate planning attorney is a great choice for people that aren’t experts in estate planning. They specialize in this field, meaning they know how to develop a plan for estate taxes, draft living trusts, or make sure your assets are safe after your death.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Having a professional on your side is wise because you know that they are going to do what you discussed when you can no longer do it yourself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Preparing a power of attorney and directives for healthcare is a good idea in case something happens to you and an estate planning attorney will do this for you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Creating a plan for your estate will help your loved ones after you’re gone as well because it won’t be a scramble to figure out what you would have wanted. It would all be on paper and ready to go.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How to Hire a Good Estate Planning Attorney<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Hiring someone that specializes in estate planning is a good first step. Although a general attorney would still be helpful, they likely don’t have the experience and specific knowledge that is needed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You also need to be sure that you are comfortable with whoever you hire. If you’re not, it will be difficult to discuss your estate and relationships. Having an attorney that you trust and believe is there to help you will create a better experience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Anyone you consider hiring has to be knowledgable about the laws within your state. If not, your estate plan may actually not be valid legally. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Look for an estate planning attorney<\/a> that has good testimonials or reviews about work in the past. It’s nice to know that someone you are trusting has done positive work with other people as well. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Get Your Affairs in Order<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

It’s unfortunate that you can’t take all of our favorite things with you when you die, but creating a plan for what does happen to all of it is important.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

An estate planning attorney is someone that will help you. Hire someone that knows what they are doing and is ready to go the extra mile if needed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To get some more insight into what an estate plan may look like, take a look at some of our forms that could come up while you are planning with an attorney.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Basically everyone has an estate. It’s made up of all of the things you own. No matter how big or small it may be, your estate doesn’t go with you once you die.  An estate planning attorney can help you with getting your affairs in order in case something happens to you, such as incapacitation […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.atyourbusiness.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3736"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.atyourbusiness.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.atyourbusiness.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.atyourbusiness.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.atyourbusiness.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3736"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.atyourbusiness.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3736\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3738,"href":"https:\/\/www.atyourbusiness.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3736\/revisions\/3738"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.atyourbusiness.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3736"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.atyourbusiness.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3736"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.atyourbusiness.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3736"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}