The ALH Blog: Estate Planning

An executor is someone that you appoint to take care of your business after you pass away. An executor’s job is to open bank accounts in the estate’s name, to make sure that your will is followed, and to make sure that the law is followed. The job requires a…

If you pass away without a will or without transfer on death designations, then the default is the Ohio descent and distribution statute. It dictates who gets all of your assets. For example, if you are married with kids and your spouse predeceases you, then it goes all to your…

No. When you have an estate plan, it is not necessarily a set and forget it type of thing. I did it when I was 20. Cool. I never have to update it. It’s not how it necessarily works. There are certain life events in which you may want to…

One of the questions I get a lot is I’m married. We’re coming to you for our wills. We just need one, right? No. The reason for that is twofold. One joint wills are not advisable because if the spouse predeceases you, you can’t change the will. And vice versa….

No. One of the misnomers we see in estate planning is I have a will, so I don’t have to go through prob probate. That’s not entirely true. Having a will gives instructions to the probate court on what you want to have done and allows the probate court to…