by Berks Estate Planning | Apr 14, 2020 | Estate Planning
A common question we get is who’s going to make my financial decisions? Whenever you’re able to make your own financial decisions, you’re going to make them. What we want to talk about is can you appoint someone else to make financial decisions for you? You can do...
by Berks Estate Planning | Apr 13, 2020 | Estate Planning
Whenever you have assets, asset protection should be considered. It protects items from creditors, and a need for everyone. We hate to admit this, but anyone can get sued. Generally, lawsuits can come from anything like car accidents, credit card debt, foreclosure,...
by Berks Estate Planning | Apr 7, 2020 | Estate Planning
If you are getting remarried, you obviously want to celebrate, but it is also important to focus on less exciting matters like redoing your estate plan. You may have created an estate plan during your first marriage, but this time it may be more complicated-especially...
by Berks Estate Planning | Mar 26, 2020 | Estate Planning
What is involved when it comes to an individual’s health care decision making? There was a hospital in Chicago that was trying to compel all COVID 19 patients to sign DNR’s or do not resuscitate orders so that they wouldn’t need to be resuscitated. As our health and...
by Berks Estate Planning | Mar 11, 2020 | Estate Planning
The $2 trillion economic relief package that Congress passed to help Americans deal with the financial impact of the coronavirus pandemic contains some provisions that affect seniors. In addition to authorizing direct payments to most Americans, including seniors, the...
by Berks Estate Planning | Mar 9, 2020 | Estate Planning
Whenever you feel it is time to move to a nursing home, what will happen to your house? Usually you do not have to sell your home to qualify for Medicaid of nursing home. However, the state may try to file a claim against your house after you die. Because of this...
