FIDUCIARIES IN YOUR ESTATE PLANNING DOCUMENTS
When you sign an estate planning document such as a revocable living trust or a will, you appoint someone to handle your assets for you. The person you choose to handle things for you is called a...
View ArticleADVANCE HEALTH-CARE DIRECTIVES
ADVANCE HEALTH-CARE DIRECTIVES by Ethan Okura | May 14, 2021 | 0 comments Everyone should have Advance Health-Care Directives. “Advance Health-Care Directives” are instructions which you are giving now...
View ArticleDURABLE POWER OF ATTORNEY
DURABLE POWER OF ATTORNEY by Ethan Okura | Jun 28, 2021 | 0 comments In my last column, I wrote about the Advance Health-Care Directives which contains a “Power of Attorney for Health Care.” I...
View ArticleHOW TO AVOID PROBATE
HOW TO AVOID PROBATE by Ethan Okura | Apr 12, 2021 | 0 comments In 2020, there was an increase in the United States death rate of 15.9%. COVID-19 related deaths amounted to over 375,000, which accounts...
View ArticleThe Special Needs Trust: A Way to Care for a Disabled Family Member
Suppose you have a child with a disability. Maybe the child was born with a mental disability, or maybe even a physical disability. The child may have been normal at birth and developed the mental or...
View ArticleHawai`i’s Intestacy Law
When you sign an estate planning document such as a revocable living trust or a will, you appoint someone to handle your assets for you. The person you choose to handle things for you is called a...
View ArticleWhat to Do When Someone Dies With a Trust
When you sign an estate planning document such as a revocable living trust or a will, you appoint someone to handle your assets for you. The person you choose to handle things for you is called a...
View ArticleAsset Protection in Uncertain Times Part One: FDIC Insurance
When you sign an estate planning document such as a revocable living trust or a will, you appoint someone to handle your assets for you. The person you choose to handle things for you is called a...
View ArticleAsset Protection in Uncertain Times Part Two: FDIC Insurance
The economic news continues to get worse and worse. First, here is a brief summary of some of the advice I offered in last month’s Estate Planning Insights column: Make sure that your savings accounts,...
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