If you have never had a will, health care power of attorney or other form of estate planning, I urge you to call and make an appointment to come in for a consultation to determine what would be proper for your circumstances and desires. If you already have a will or other form of estate planning such as a trust or certain types of other forms of property ownership including a specified beneficiary on a life or other form of insurance policy or annuity, "joint tenancy", "tenancy in common" or "tenancy by the entirety," to name a few of the many possibilities, you should carefully review your situation with an attorney in order to be certain that what you already have continues to give effect to your desires, now that you are divorced, regarding the following items:

1. What would happen to you and your assets if you were either
   disabled or deceased?

2. Whom you wish to be the executor(s) of your will?

3. Whom you wish to be the guardian(s) and trustee(s) for your
   child or children, and/ or disabled or handicapped individuals
   whom you care for?

4. Any other specific wishes you may have about your care or your
   estate.

     If you have any real estate or other property (such as cars, jewelry, heirlooms, bank accounts, life insurance proceeds, pension proceeds, or the like) or minor, handicapped or disabled children or other individuals for whom you are responsible, it is extremely important to specify, in an enforceable form, whom you wish to become responsible for your care, the care of your assets, your minor, handicapped or disabled children or other individuals whom you are responsible for in the event that you become disabled to the extent that you can not take care of yourself or your business affairs or property or ultimately, in the event of your death. Whether or not you have minor, disabled or handicapped children, etc. you ought to have proper estate planning in order to help to minimize the costs which are associated with the handling of your estate. Unless you provide for these matters yourself, during your lifetime, in some cases, your estate can become liable to pay for the services of attorneys, administrators and when necessary, others such as appraisers, etc., who may be appointed by a Judge of the Circuit Court to work on / handle the administration of your estate.

     We can provide you with a simple will from Two hundred ($200.00) Dollars or when desirable, a will including a designation of a guardian and a trustee for your children as well as an executor for your estate from Two hundred fifty ($250.00) Dollars. In the event that your estate planning is more involved, we would be glad to meet with you for an initial consultation at no charge, and discuss your plans with you.  Once we know exactly what you would like to happen with your estate planning, we would be happy to provide you with a firm price for the services required to carry out your plans. We can also discuss trusts with you.

     Please feel free to call my office to schedule an appointment to come in to discuss these issues. There is no charge for the first half hour of general consultation. This does not include specific consultation about the particular facts of your individual case.  If you decide to hire us to work for you we will gladly begin working on your particular case as soon as possible.  Additional consultation will be charged at the rate of One hundred ninety-five ($195.00) Dollars per hour for attorney's services.

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