Peach State Wills & Trusts

10/15/2026

Feeling informed can change the entire estate planning experience.

Taking the time to answer questions and make each step understandable helps clients feel confident in the decisions reflected in their wills, trusts, and other estate planning documents.

Thank you for choosing Peach State Wills & Trusts and recommending Zach and our team.

Ready to put your own plan in place? Start with a conversation about your goals.

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10/14/2026

What’s normal?

We hear this nearly every day.

I’d love to say we get asked this because we are such beacons of how to live a wonderful, steady life.

But usually, it’s when a parent feels plagued by a decision regarding their children and their estate.

What do other parents do when their son has an addiction or their daughter has an irresponsible spouse?

How do other parents manage a child who cannot manage money?

How do parents normally decide what’s equitable when one child is a hedge fund manager and the other teaches at the county middle school?

What if my daughter stopped speaking to me?

Do I treat all of my children the same? What’s normal?

Normal is a setting on the clothes dryer.

When it comes to your estate, there’s no such thing. There’s just you, your circumstances, and what you hope to leave behind.

What other people plan does not matter when it comes to what you are planning.

You could create an equal split for your children that creates unequal outcomes.

Perhaps a large inheritance barely moves the needle for a hedge fund manager, but the same legacy gift shifts a schoolteacher’s next three generations.

You may disinherit an estranged child if that feels right for you while creating a plan that directs assets to your grandchildren.

Maybe your child with a debilitating injury requires more care.

We love to help you create your own norm when shaping your estate plans. You can revise it if what makes sense now switches over time.

Then you can toss all other ideas of normal directly into the wash.

-Joel

10/12/2026

A transfer-on-death deed can fail if one required step is missed.

Georgia property owners can use a TOD deed to name who should receive real estate at death while retaining full ownership during life. The owner may still sell, mortgage, or revoke the deed. But the deed must be properly signed and recorded, and then, following the death of the owner, the beneficiary or beneficiaries have to file a claim affidavit to have the title transferred to them.

Before relying on a TOD deed, ask Peach State Wills & Trusts to compare it with a trust and other probate-avoidance options, then coordinate the choice with your complete estate plan.

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10/08/2026

You maintain your car so it works when you need it. Your estate plan needs attention, too.

Changes in your family, assets, or wishes can leave an older plan out of step. Watch to learn why regular estate plan reviews matter.

When did you last review yours? Peach State Wills & Trusts can help.

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10/07/2026

We can’t always cut in line.

But sometimes, we’re offered a way to the front or to avoid it altogether. And I say, why not spend more time moving forward and less time stuck in a standstill?

While planning our trip overseas this past summer, my wife and I signed up for Global Entry to make it faster (we hoped) to clear customs when we got back to the USA.

And yes, when we returned to Atlanta, we cleared customs so fast, we should be the next Georgians to join the Guiness Book of World Records.

Disney and Universal let you cut the line, as well.

With the FastPass at Disney or ExpressPass at Universal, you get in a shorter line for rides and attractions. This means you experience more things in a day, spend less time tapping your foot in line.

Less stress. More joy.

People across the country gladly pay for these benefits because we need ease (or just easier) every once in a while.

No probate court in Georgia (at least none I know of), however, is ready to offer your family a FastPass to get through the probate process.

Instead, your executor files the will for probate, and is moved to the back of the line.

We’re looking at weeks or maybe even months before the paperwork gets to a judge for review, approval or rejection, depending on the county court.

And that’s just to get the process started.

While you can’t buy a probate speed pass, you can put an estate plan designed to avoid the probate court process in place.

Tools like revocable living trusts, transfer-on-death deeds and beneficiary designations can keep assets out of probate, allowing your loved ones not just to get in a shorter line, but to skip the line when the plan is properly used.

We’ve been in estate planning for 20 years or so and waited in probate too many times to count. We speak with authority and clarity on how to put a plan in place to make things far easier on your loved ones.

If that’s a conversation you want to have, let us know.

And yes, I’ve been to Disney so many times that I can certainly help you improve your FastPass strategy and overall Walt Disney World vacation planning. So feel free to reply if you want some hot tips on that as well.

Either way, you won’t have to wait in line.

-Joel

10/05/2026

A trust may address estate planning concerns that a will alone cannot.

It can help beneficiaries receive assets held in the trust without waiting for probate, preserve privacy, provide for loved ones in a blended family, protect certain inherited assets, and keep financial management in trusted hands if incapacity occurs. For families who own real estate in another state, a properly funded trust may also help avoid a separate probate proceeding there.

Ask Peach State Wills & Trusts whether a trust belongs in your Georgia estate plan.

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10/01/2026

An emergency is not the time for your family to search through drawers, emails, and files for the information they need.

Organizing financial accounts, important contacts, and estate planning documents creates a clear starting point when time matters.

Swipe through the carousel, then set aside 25 minutes to complete the free Emergency List from Peach State Wills & Trusts.

https://www.peachstatewills.com/theemergencylist

09/28/2026

Who inherits your home may not be as simple as you think.

When minor children are involved, Georgia inheritance laws can create complications for a surviving parent. Watch to learn what families should consider before relying on the state’s default rules.

Discuss the right estate plan for your family with Peach State Wills & Trusts.

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https://www.peachstatewills.com

09/15/2026

Your estate plan may be outdated without you realizing it.

Changes to Georgia probate, power of attorney rules, planning tools, and tax laws can all affect how your plan works when your family needs it most.

Is it time for a review? Contact Peach State Wills & Trusts® to make sure your plan still reflects your wishes and current needs.

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09/10/2026

A financial crisis should not be the moment your family discovers you do not have a power of attorney.

A Georgia financial power of attorney allows you to choose who can manage your finances, property, and business affairs if dementia, illness, or another condition leaves you unable to act. Without one, your loved ones may need to pursue a costly and time-consuming conservatorship through probate court, and the person appointed may not be someone you would have chosen.

If your power of attorney was signed before July 1, 2017, or no longer reflects your wishes, ask Peach State Wills & Trusts to review it and help you put the right authority in the right hands.

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