Plan for Your Health and Family's Future
Having a carefully prepared and comprehensive estate plan in place may cost a bit to establish, but its effects on your life and family's future can be priceless. When people die intestate – without even a basic will – their families can end up in probate court for years while racking up significant costs. This can add a significant toll to the heartache your loved ones will already endure upon your passing, which is why it's important to build a plan that makes sense as soon as possible.
The Browne Firm can help you establish the estate plan that works best for you and your family. We can help you address contingencies such as how your end-of-life medical care will be carried out. We can also help you make sure that all of your property and assets are accounted for in a will or trust that assigns them to those you love. Attorney Danielle Browne is an estate planning attorney in Yonkers who wants to help you rest assured that your interests and family are protected.
Begin building your estate plan with The Browne Firm by reaching out to us online or calling (914) 290-5622 for assistance.
Protect Your Family with a Will or Trust
When your estate plan includes a will or trust, your assets and property will be divided according to your wishes and given to those you wish to inherit specific items. The way these two types of documents do this is different, but both can provide you the options to control who gets which pieces of your estate when you pass away.
A will can be regarded as the foundation of an estate plan because it can encompass your whole estate or pieces that went unaccounted for in a trust. A will requires your family to go through probate court to validate its authenticity before your estate can be divided. A well-crafted will can minimize the time it takes to do so, but probate records are public records that can expose private matters you may wish to keep within the family.
A trust can be an alternate option to a will. Unlike the latter, a trust can go into effect while you're still alive. This means that control over your estate can be assigned to a trustee who can manage it for you during life and divide it among your beneficiaries when you pass on. Trusts do not have to go through probate, which is a key reason why many people choose these tools for their estate plan.
There are many more options available to you. Reach out to our estate planning attorney in Yonkers to help you create a personalized estate plan today!
Plan for Your Medical Care with Advanced Healthcare Directives
Your estate plan isn't just about what happens to your things when you pass on. In a very tangible way, it's about you as a person and your life. That includes your medical care when you become incapacitated from an illness or injury and are no longer able to make important decisions for yourself.
This can be due to conditions such as:
- Alzheimer's Disease and Dementia
- Other Debilitating Mental Illnesses
- Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)
- Coma
- Stroke
Any of the above conditions and more can impact your ability to communicate your wishes for medical treatment. Our estate planning attorney in Yonkers at The Browne Firm can help you plan for the future of your medical care should you be affected by such a condition. Having a plan in place can help your family know what to do or spare them the heartache of guessing at making decisions without really knowing what you wanted.
Get help from our estate planning attorney in Yonkers by contacting The Browne Firm online or by calling (914) 290-5622 to arrange a consultation.