This vital document ensures that your personal affairs can be handled without the delay and expense of court intervention.
The attorney-in-fact you appoint has the following authority:
Use your assets to cover your daily costs as well as those of your family.
Handle bank and other financial institution transactions.
Purchase, sell, manage, tax, and mortgage real estate and other property.
Filing and paying your taxes.
Take charge of your retirement accounts.
Benefits from Social Security, Medicare, or other government programs, as well as civil or military service, can be collected.
Invest in equities, bonds, and mutual funds.
Purchase and sell insurance policies and annuities on your behalf.
Run your small business.
Claim or deny property obtained from others.
Donate your assets to organizations and individuals of your choice.
Property should be transferred to an existing living trust.
Hire an attorney to represent you in court.
The following items are included in the Living Trust Estate Plan Package:
1.Living Trust: Identifies how your property will be handled before and after your death, as well as a strategy for distributing those assets and the trust’s income after your death.
2.Pour-Over Will: Works hand in hand with your trust to ensure that any remaining assets are transferred to a previously formed trust upon death.
3.Financial POA: Appoints an agent to handle your business and all of your financial affairs, including but not limited to money management and bill paying, if you become incapacitated and unable to do so.
4.Healthcare Directive: Names the people who will make health-care decisions for you if you become incapacitated. Also determines whether or not life support is desired when a person is terminally ill.
5.Certificate of Trust: This document is used by an acting trustee of a trust to demonstrate to financial institutions or other third parties that they have the right to act on behalf of the trust.