Your estate includes the property you own at your death.  Your estate plan is a blueprint of how you want your financial and personal affairs handled while you are alive.

If you fail to plan for your estate, a plan will be made for you.  There are "default" plans for making decisions during your life when you are no longer able to do so and for making decisions about how your estate will be distributed at your death.

Elements of Estate Planning include Wills, Trusts, Durable Powers of Attorney, Health Care Powers of Attorney, and Living Wills.

For more information, please read the article entitled

PLANNING AHEAD - COMPARING LEGAL OPTIONS

or contact our office at (704) 892-9355.