by Ethan Okura | Apr 14, 2023 | Articles, Asset Protection
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, checking accounts and certificates of deposit are in FDIC-insured...
by Ethan Okura | Mar 14, 2023 | Articles, Asset Protection
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 “fiduciary.” A “fiduciary” is in a position of great trust and...
by Ethan Okura | Feb 8, 2023 | Articles, Trusts and Wills
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 “fiduciary.” A “fiduciary” is in a position of great trust and...
by Ethan Okura | Jan 13, 2023 | Articles, Trusts and Wills
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 “fiduciary.” A “fiduciary” is in a position of great trust and...
by Ethan Okura | Dec 7, 2022 | Articles, Trusts and Wills
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 physical disability later in life. You love this child and want to...
by Ethan Okura | Jul 13, 2021 | Articles
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 “fiduciary.” A “fiduciary” is in a position of great trust and...
by Ethan Okura | Jun 28, 2021 | Articles, Powers of Attorney and Health Care Directives
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 explained that it is a different document than a Durable Power of Attorney,...
by Ethan Okura | May 14, 2021 | Articles, Powers of Attorney and 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 (while you can still make decisions) about how you want doctors...