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newlywed estate planning

Who Would Care For Your Children If You Got Sick With COVID-19?

Getting married and starting a new chapter in your life is an exciting time. It’s also a time that requires a lot of housekeeping such as updating your address if your marriage includes a move, changing your tax filing status with your employer, and adding your new spouse to your bank and credit card accounts.But

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Business interruption insurance

Who Would Care For Your Children If You Got Sick With COVID-19?

As a business owner, you may be familiar with the need for liability insurance to protect yourself and your business from lawsuits caused by injuries or accidents. But how do you protect your business’s income from outside forces that affect your productivity, supply, and revenue?Picture this: You’ve built your dream business from the ground up.

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newlywed estate planning

Who Would Care For Your Children If You Got Sick With COVID-19?

Wedding season is winding down, and if you are a newlywed or are planning to tie the knot soon, it’s time to make your first legal move as a married couple – creating an estate plan. With all the joy and happiness a new marriage brings, planning for your potential incapacity and future death may

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Assessment

Who Would Care For Your Children If You Got Sick With COVID-19?

As a business owner, it’s crucial to regularly assess and improve various aspects of your business to ensure its long-term success and protect your assets. But most entrepreneurs struggle to find the time to review their systems and most don’t know where to even start or what to do with the information they find when

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Intellectual property

Who Would Care For Your Children If You Got Sick With COVID-19?

You don’t have to be a famous producer or household name to own intellectual property. If you create music, own a business, write stories, or build gadgets in your garage, you almost certainly have intellectual property. However, because intellectual property is intangible, it’s often overlooked in estate planning.And if you do have intellectual property, it

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Intellectual Property

Who Would Care For Your Children If You Got Sick With COVID-19?

You don’t have to own a large company to own intellectual property. If your business creates inventions, written and artistic works, designs, logos, brand names, and images, you almost certainly have intellectual property. However, because intellectual property is intangible, it’s often overlooked in your business’s succession plan and your own personal estate plan.Even if you’ve

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Business Mentor

Who Would Care For Your Children If You Got Sick With COVID-19?

As a business owner, it can be easy to see an opportunity to mentor a young professional as a purely charitable experience. But mentorship can play a pivotal role in shaping your legacy when you approach it with the right mindset. Not only does mentoring give you the opportunity to invest in the life of

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Financial scam

Who Would Care For Your Children If You Got Sick With COVID-19?

In part one of this series, we explored two popular scams that are targeting older adults this year: the grandparent scam, and cryptocurrency pickpocketing. In this week’s blog, I’m sharing two more scams that you and your parents need to be aware of, plus tips for staying protected.Let’s dive in.3. PERSONALIZED PHISHING EMAILSImagine opening your

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Money Dismorphia

Who Would Care For Your Children If You Got Sick With COVID-19?

In the exhilarating journey of running a business, there’s an often unspoken challenge that many entrepreneurs face – the distortion of one’s perception of money. This phenomenon, referred to by Personal Family Lawyer® CEO and Founder, Ali Katz, as “Money Dysmorphia,” stems from deep-seated, often inherited fears and beliefs surrounding money. When Money Dysmorphia exists

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Make a will

Who Would Care For Your Children If You Got Sick With COVID-19?

August is National Make-A-Will Month and you may have received an advertisement in your inbox or mailbox from AARP or the American Red Cross reminding you to get your Will taken care of this month. Both AARP and the Red Cross promoted their partnerships with FreeWill.com, a website that claims to help you create a

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Scams

Who Would Care For Your Children If You Got Sick With COVID-19?

Fraudsters and scam artists are nothing new, but changing tools and technology are making it easier than ever for scammers to target their victims, especially seniors. To protect your aging parents (or yourself) from these con artists, it’s crucial to equip yourself with the knowledge of how these scams work and what your loved ones

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Fire client

Who Would Care For Your Children If You Got Sick With COVID-19?

Dealing with clients who bring more complications than benefits can be a burden on your business, causing undue stress and even a loss of revenue. However, breaking ties with such problematic clients can be a tough decision, especially if your business is still finding its footing or you’re strapped for funds.Nonetheless, there are instances where

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Legal Insurance

Who Would Care For Your Children If You Got Sick With COVID-19?

As the need for affordable legal services becomes even more important in today’s world, it’s common to opt for group legal insurance offered through your workplace benefits. These group insurance plans provide free legal assistance for a variety of needs from law firms that have contracted with the insurance company to provide the legal work.While

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Insurance

Who Would Care For Your Children If You Got Sick With COVID-19?

If you’re looking to turn your side hustle into your full-time career, you might be wondering if you can use your current employer’s group legal insurance for your startup’s legal needs. It’s common to opt for group legal insurance offered through your workplace benefits. These group insurance plans provide free legal assistance for a variety

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Business

Who Would Care For Your Children If You Got Sick With COVID-19?

As a small business owner, it’s essential to consider potential legal pitfalls that come with managing a workforce. While payroll and workplace policies may seem like less consequential aspects of your business, team member complaints, and workplace violations are one of the top areas where small business owners find themselves in hot water.Taking a proactive

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Estate planning for college kids

Who Would Care For Your Children If You Got Sick With COVID-19?

As summer comes to a close, and back-to-school excitement fills the air, there is one crucial task that is often overlooked: designating legal guardians for your minor children. Legal guardians are the individuals you entrust with the care of your children if, for any reason, you are unable to do so yourself.In the hustle of

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Why update your estate plan

Who Would Care For Your Children If You Got Sick With COVID-19?

You might think that estate planning is something you can complete one time and then check off your to-do list for good. But the reality is that in order for your estate plan to work for you no matter how your life changes, your plan needs to change with it.To make sure any big changes

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Legal agreements

Who Would Care For Your Children If You Got Sick With COVID-19?

Cash flow is king when it comes to business, and maintaining strong cash flow requires consistent sales. That may sound obvious, but what’s likely unclear to you is how your legal agreements can greatly impact your sales. You may be losing sales because of how you handle your contracts without even realizing it.In this week’s blog, I’ll

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estate plan review

Who Would Care For Your Children If You Got Sick With COVID-19?

Maybe you thought that creating a Will or Trust is something you can do once and then your family and assets are protected forever after. It seems to be how most lawyers structure their services, so it wouldn’t be surprising if you did think this. You work with your lawyer, they draft documents, you bring

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sole prop or c corp

Who Would Care For Your Children If You Got Sick With COVID-19?

As a small business owner, there were a lot of decisions you considered when you started your business, from what services to offer and where your business would be located, to what color your logo should be and what font you’ll use. You also had to choose what kind of entity your business would be,

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