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...
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...
If you are the parent or guardian of a person who requires special needs planning, then you have probably begun to research how to guarantee that your loved one receives the care she needs after you are gone. While you can certainly leave special needs beneficiaries...
At Phelps LaClair, when we prepare an estate plan for you it is a lifelong commitment – not just a one-and-done arrangement. We are invested in the Gilbert, Mesa, Chandler and surrounding Phoenix metro communities. That is why taking time to make sure you have...
During the 40-plus years that Phelps LaClair has been designing and implementing Arizona Living Trusts, our real life experience has proven that a Living Trust is not just a bunch of words on paper; rather, a Living Trust is a critical tool that makes the...
Asset Protection is something that anyone with significant assets needs to consider. We live in a time when many Americans believe that they have the right to sue anyone at any time for any reason: nearly $300 billion in lawsuits is filed in this country...
Did you know that Johann Sebastian Bach was not particularly famous when he was alive? How about Henry David Thoreau, Vincent van Gogh, Emily Dickinson, and Herman Melville? While it is a bit sad to think that these creative geniuses didn't live to see their works...
The rolling pin your mother used to make pie crusts each Thanksgiving...
Decisions, decisions, decisions. Sometimes decisions are easy: two scoops instead of one, for example. Easy. But there are lots of decisions, especially in estate planning, that take a little more thought. One of the most important decisions you’ll make is selecting who will make decisions...
It's Valentine's Day, and in our minds that's the perfect time to think about the future of the people you love most! You've worked hard your whole life to take care of your loved ones...