It starts off as something simple, your parents start forgetting where they put their phone, to forgetting they had an appointment. Then it gradually grows into something bigger like not knowing how to get home, bills not getting paid, or not remembering to take their medication. Seeking guardianship over a parent can happen because of multiple reasons. The most typical reason an adult child might seek guardianship over their parent is because their parent has some sort of cognitive…

It starts off as something simple, your parents start forgetting where they put their phone, to forgetting they had an appointment. Then it gradually grows into something bigger like not knowing how to get home, bills not getting paid, or not remembering to take their medication. Seeking guardianship over a parent can happen because of multiple reasons. The most typical reason an adult child might seek guardianship over their parent is because their parent has some sort of cognitive…

Estate Planning is the preparation of putting together a plan for what happens to your estate or assets/real estate upon your incapacity or passing. Estate planning occurs prior to death and prior to being deemed incapacitated and unable to make decisions for yourself. Most estate plans set up by an attorney will practice estate planning.

Within estate planning there are many tools attorneys used in order to come up with a plan that makes sense for their client’s needs. The point of…

Everyone has assets, whether they are large ones like your house or car in your name or the $10 bill in your pocket. No matter how big or small your assets, you are going to want to have an estate plan prepared by a professional top grand rapids estate planning attorney to have the final decision of where these belongings go once you are gone.

Most people have heard the terms “will” and…