On behalf of Kathryn T. Joseph & Associates, Inc. | Apr 24, 2017 | Firm News, Trusts
Some Ohio residents who are creating an estate plan may find a charitable trust useful. A charitable trust is different from a noncharitable trust in several ways, but its primary difference is in laws regarding perpetuity. Unlike other trusts, a charitable trust does...
On behalf of Kathryn T. Joseph & Associates, Inc. | Apr 18, 2017 | Firm News, Wills
Most people in Ohio tend to experience some discomfort when thinking about their end-of-life affairs, but estate planning professionals emphasize the need to inform heirs or executors of wills of the location of documents such as wills, powers of attorney and medical...
On behalf of Kathryn T. Joseph & Associates, Inc. | Apr 11, 2017 | Firm News, Trusts
Some people in Ohio might wonder whether a trust would be a useful part of their estate plan. A revocable living trust is one of the more commonly used trusts. It is created during a person’s lifetime and allows a person to make changes to the trust. When people...
On behalf of Kathryn T. Joseph & Associates, Inc. | Apr 6, 2017 | Firm News, Wills
When Ohio residents creating an estate plan, one of the things that they may want to do is to select agents for powers of attorney. Powers of attorney allow people who are trusted to handle things or make choices if the person becomes incapacitated. For instance,...
On behalf of Kathryn T. Joseph & Associates, Inc. | Apr 2, 2017 | Firm News, Wills
When someone passes in Ohio, sometimes surviving family members are dissatisfied with how the departed distributed the estate. Hostile arguments or even lawsuits might result, but estate planning professionals have some suggestions for limiting family disputes and...
