Brown. Dry. Heat waves gleaming off the rocks. Cacti surrounding you. Thirst that seems unquenchable, and only sand in sight. Is this the picture you get when you think of the desert? Most people think of the desert as a wasteland that has nothing to...
What do you do with your brilliant idea for a business that would be beneficial for people and profitable for you? How do you begin that? When it comes to building a company or business, there are several options and routes to go. At Phelps...
Living Trusts involve making wise decisions in order to protect your financial future. Good Living Trusts successfully designate who inherits your estate after you’ve passed away and when the finances are distributed. A good plan also protects your hard-earned finances and assets from loss and...
You’ve got a nest egg set aside in the form of an IRA (or another company retirement plan that you may eventually roll over into an IRA). And you’ve heard that Internal Revenue Service regulations now permit you to “Stretch-out” income-taxable distributions for a much...
Taxation on Wills and Trusts? Part of wise estate planning is to understand laws concerning taxation of wills and trusts before you or your beneficiaries need to act on them. Phelps LaClair, serving Chandler, Mesa, Phoenix, Scottsdale, and Gilbert, has been helping clients with the ins...
A Pet Trust legally specifies your desires for the ongoing care of your much-loved family pet after you’ve passed away or become incapacitated. In the first blog post of this two-part series about Pet Trusts and Estate Planning, we introduced the concept and explained why...
If you live in Arizona and you’ve been thinking about protecting your financial assets for the future, it’s wise to understand the state’s legal processes concerning wills and trusts. James Phelps is a second generation estate planning attorney at Phelps LaClair, serving Chandler, Mesa, and...
As the saying goes, experience is a great teacher. Added to two generations of legal know-how, experience has given Phelps law (in Chandler, Mesa, and Phoenix Arizona) tremendous foresight in setting up our clients’ estates for a successful future. We know what works and we...
You’ve worked hard. And with good financial planning, you’ve been able to set aside a nest egg that amply provides for a comfortable retirement. In addition, you’ve been able to generously care for your special needs child throughout his or her childhood, and into adulthood....
When it comes to personal medical care, we all want to feel empowered to make choices that fit with our beliefs and desires. But if we become incapacitated or slip into a coma, unless we’ve already set in place a Living Will, the power for...