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What Is the Difference Between a Lawyer and an Attorney?

People often use the terms lawyer and attorney interchangeably, but did you know there are differences? This article will explain what you need to know.

Top 10 Mistakes Made When Hiring a Lawyer

Hiring a lawyer is an intensive process. You will often hear people complaining about their relationship with their attorney. Issues can be circumvented if you make a concerted effort to avoid the following common mistakes when hiring an attorney. Not checking a lawyer's area of expertise. Some attorneys can do well outside of their area of expertise, but many do not know the nuances in other areas of the law. Therefore, if you need a contract lawyer, do not hire a divorce attorney…

3 Warning Signs That Your Lawyer's No Good

We all have different tastes, and varying notions of what makes a thing great. Some of us tend to the simple yet sophisticated, while others are into ostentation and flair. Just like there is no one way to be well-dressed...

10 Questions for an Elder Law Attorney

Many concerns and questions can arise as we grow older. In the last decade or so, a new category of law has emerged that specializes in helping retirees answer their questions and learn their rights. Here, 10 questions for an elder law attorney.

Top Three Estate Planning Misconceptions

To put it quite simply, estate planning is one of the core responsibilities of adulthood.

Why Single Women Are Buying Homes at Twice the Rate of Single Men

Skip the spouse, buy the house: Single women account for 17 percent of homebuyers in the U.S., vs. 7 percent of single men.

What Is Estate Administration?

This is the process of estate administration, and you should consider take this process into consideration when you are devising your estate plan.

What Is Involved in Estate Administration?

You will find it helpful to have at least a basic understanding of what is involved in estate administration.

Estate Planning Mistakes That Will Cost You

The largest costs associated with estate administration come from attempting to fix mistakes that were made in the planning process. For this reason, people should be aware of the more common estate planning mistakes so that they can be avoided. When it comes to estate planning, people tend to make...

What is the most frequent cause of a difficult estate administration?

A lot of people think that estate planning is only about wills and trusts. But perhaps more important than that is whether your other documentation -- your deeds and titles, your marriage license, your account statements, your tax returns, etc. -- accurately reflect how you are really living.

Estate Planning Begins with Good Questions

Your choice of attorney and your own clear thinking is a good beginning. Asking yourself the right questions before you get started in looking toward creating an estate plan is good preliminary work, even before hiring a good estate attorney, according to Market Watch in "Giving your money away when...

How Can Beneficiary Designations Wreck My Estate Plan?

Beneficiary designations are a crucial part of estate planning, yet they are often overlooked. Once you have signed your estate planning documents, you need to make sure that your beneficiary designations are consistent with the rest of your estate plan.

Do Not Make These Common Estate Planning Mistakes

People make all kinds of different estate planning mistakes. Some types of mistakes are fairly rare, but there are many mistakes that people commonly make when estate planning. Someone made a common estate planning mistake that could have been avoided. This mistake, in turn, is the reason an estate administration...

Things You Need to Know about Estate Administration

There are many things you need to know about estate administration.

What Is a Fiduciary in Estate Planning?

There are some terms used in the estate planning realm that may be unfamiliar to some laypeople. One of them is “fiduciary,” and we will demystify the term in this post.

What are the Benefits of Estate Planning?

Many people choose to put off estate planning because they feel it is not a necessity until a later time in life. The truth is, everyone needs to have an estate plan in place.

The Benefits of an Estate Plan

Living without an Estate Plan can be risky business. Find out why.

What Goes into an Estate Plan?

Wallace: Why haven't you done your estate plan?

You have done no estate planning — no will, no trust, no financial power of attorney and no health care power of attorney. Congratulations! You are with the majority of Michiganders. Over half of our state's adult residents have no estate plan.