Estate Planning FAQs
What documents are included? A bunch. You can see the whole list with definitions at What Are My Estate Planning Documents? Who should get an estate plan?: You should have an estate plan if any of these things apply to you: You may be incapacitated some...
Estate Planning Timeline
We provide our clients with personalized planning, and so the steps for each person will be different. However, below is generally the steps. If you ever have any questions about the process we are happy to answer them for you. Initial consultation. We talk on the...
No Such Thing As A Simple Will
Several times a month we have people calling and asking for a simple will. They think they just need the one document about what happens to their things and that is enough. But when we talk, they don’t have any powers of attorney, they haven’t told their family what...
What Are My Estate Planning Documents?
Estate Planning at the Rutherford Law Center is so much more than a will. It is personalized attention to each client, and detailed answers to every question. Our assistance doesn’t just end when you sign your documents. We continue to be available to answer...
Why Attorneys Love Online Wills
There is a well known fact among trust and estates attorneys: online wills are actually better for business than doing the will for them in the first place. Why? Because messy probates are always way more expensive than doing the estate package. If they do an online...
Why A Cut-Throat Divorce Attorney Is Almost Never Right For You
What do you want from your divorce? To be done with the process fairly and quickly. To get every dime that I can out of my spouse. To have a healthy divorce that allows you to move forward. To fight hard, regardless of cost, to get what you think you deserve. To be...
How To Find An Honest Lawyer
When I entered law school people told me “enjoy saying that you are a law student now. People respect law students, they hate lawyers.” It is very true. Most people say that they don’t like lawyers, even if they have never met one. Then suddenly one day you realize...
What is the Difference Between Legal Separation and Divorce?
When filling out official documents you usually have the option of being single, divorced, or separated. I didn’t realize until I was older that listing yourself as separated on a form had more implications than “we don’t live together anymore.” But I never really...
How to Handle Difficult Child Exchanges
The best divorces don’t need lawyers. I may have said it before on here, and I will say it again. The best way for a marriage to end (if there is such a thing) is that both people agree on the division of property and parenting time. Then they submit that to the...
How to Choose the Best Lawyer for You
Picking a lawyer is a very intense and personal process. Sadly for us lawyers, people rarely come to us when everything in their lives is happy and they are in a good mood. Typically people hire lawyers when there are at a crisis point in their lives. They are...