Salish Elder Law

07/15/2022

Let’s face it – a large portion of our life is now online, from banking, storing photos, and social media. In this era of technology and social media, you cannot forget about these assets when preparing an effective estate plan.

Let’s face it – a large portion of our life is now online, including managing banking, storing photos, and social media. In this era of technology and social media, you cannot forget about these assets when preparing an effective estate plan.

06/24/2022

Increasingly, we are seeing clients who have spent years paying into a policy, only to be denied help when they need it. If you're in this position, we may be able to help.

https://salishelderlaw.com/blog/long-term-care-insurance-appeal

05/24/2022

Protect your College-bound Child with a Power of Attorney.

You have a long to-do list getting ready to send your child off to college - but consider adding one more important item.

With the class of 2022 getting ready to go off to college, there is one piece of planning that is nearly always overlooked. For the first eighteen years of your child’s life, you have the authority to make major decisions on their behalf. It may not occur to you that when they wake up on their eig...

05/19/2022

Estate planning is more than just a Will.

Estate Planning involves much more than death-time planning using just a Will – as this planning encompasses planning for lifetime emergencies as well as planning how assets will be distributed at death. In effect, a large swath of lifetime situations should be covered. This can include tax planni...

03/24/2022

Everyone, at some point in their lives, will very likely be involved in a probate - be it administering an estate, or inheriting from an estate. Learn more about the basics on our blog.

“Probate” is a protective, court supervised, legal process established by the state to oversee the settlement of an individual’s estate at death. During this process, “a Personal Representative” is appointed to “administer,” or manage the “assets” of a decedent, who resided and own...