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Trust Versus Will

Living Trust Vs Wills When it comes to your future and how to protect you and your loved ones, knowing what fits your needs is the greatest protection. As an estate planning law firm in Arizona, Phelps LaClair is here to help. When legal concepts can seem...

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Facts of Advance Directives

When it comes to protecting your future, there cannot be enough education. An advance directive can be confused for a last will and testament, but they are distinctly different and Phelps LaClair can help you understand how. While a last will and testament deals with...

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Estate Planning for Non-Marrieds

With the various dimensions that there are to estate planning and asset protection, Phelps LaClair wants to assist you in gaining more insight of what is best for you. As most estate planning education is focused around married couples, it is just as important for...

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Get to Know Phelps LaClair Pt. 2

We Know What Works Most first generation estate planning law firms have very little experience implementing living trusts in real life. However, at Phelps LaClair, we don’t just design living trusts on the “front end,” we also implement them on the “back end.” We have decades...

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Get to Know James Phelps

James Phelps is managing partner at Phelps LaClair, an estate planning law firm in Mesa, Arizona. The law firm was established over 40 years ago by Stephen Phelps, James’ father. Born and raised in the East Valley, James has strong ties to the state of...

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Get to Know Phelps LaClair Pt. 1

Who We Are In the early 1980’s, Stephen Phelps, an Arizona native, closed his piano studio and decided to help bring peace of mind to people through preparing living trusts. He worked to educate people on what a trust is, how it benefits them, protects them,...

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NFA Gun Trusts

NFA Gun Trusts are an estate planning tool used to allow the owners of NFA Firearms to share them legally with family members and to pass them down responsibly. NFA Firearms (also called Title II Firearms) are guns and other items regulated by the National Firearms...

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Understanding Living Wills and Medical Directives

Create a Living Will Your End of Life Care Decisions Should Not be a Guessing Game A Living Will is an essential piece of your estate plan because it spells out your end-of-life medical decisions. A Living Will allows your family and physicians to rest assured...

The Phelps LaClair Free Service Package

At Phelps LaClair Firm we want to be there with you every step of the way. We want to help you from the beginning of the process to the very end and even beyond that. Many estate planning attorneys charge their clients several hundred dollars...

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