Estate planning is all about ensuring that your assets end up in the right hands. But when circumstances and relationships change, so can your estate plan. Sometimes this means having to disinherit someone from your will. Disinheritance is always a sensitive and difficult decision. Understanding how...
Estate planning can get complicated. Especially when it involves distributing wealth among the members of a large family. For families that have built up substantial assets over multiple generations, maintaining harmony between family members takes some careful handling. To shed some light on the steps you...
With the turn of the calendar to a new year, millions of people are resolving to make positive changes. They're eager to develop new disciplines, forego bad habits, learn new skills, or take up new hobbies. But by the time February rolls around, enthusiasm for...
When it comes to the future, our loved ones, and protecting our assets, you would think estate planning would be our first priority. Unfortunately, procrastination takes over more often that it should. When we procrastinate about the future, we are limiting ourselves and our loved...
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,...
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...
Before we stuff ourselves—quite literally!—during Thanksgiving dinner, the staff at Phelps LaClair loves to get together with their families and friends to participate in a morning turkey trot. Running is a great way to spend some time with loved ones while getting in some metabolism-boosting...
As estate planning attorneys serving the Phoenix AZ Valley, we’ve had many conversations with families about finances. We’re a law firm that has been around since the early 1980s, so we’ve also had the opportunity to help succeeding generations plan their estates. At Phelps LaClair,...
Are you looking for a way to be outside, enjoy the sun, embrace the beauty of the desert and yet gain a thrill through speed or navigating sharp corners and terrain? Mountain biking may be just the activity for you. It is a great way...
You have worked hard to build your estate. Every purchase, every investment, every financial decision has been made so you can leave an inheritance that is also a legacy. Phelps LaClair, serving Phoenix, Chandler, and Mesa, is a second generation estate planning law firm dedicated...