Anything that helps our estate and elder law clients protect and help the people most important to them is important to Geyer Legal Group, PC. In the course of offering compassionate counsel, it’s common for us to hear stories of family members suffering from...
Elder law is an important practice area for Rebecca W. Geyer and Associates. Elder Law deals with the complex health, long-term care, and estate planning issues faced by elderly and disabled individuals and their families. Early on, we discovered that many of our...
More than 125 years ago, the great Oliver Wendell Holmes had this to say about estate planning: “Put not your trust in money, but put your money in trust”. “Trusts are the most useful and unique devices available in the field of estate planning,” according to Harvey...
As a parent, you want to make sure your children are provided for no matter what; at Geyer & Associates, “child-proofing” your estate plan is often a big part of our work with clients who are in their 20s and 30s. Particularly for parents, estate planning is about...
There’s a reason that client testimonials for Geyer Legal Group, PC make many of the same points in describing their experience: “They made us feel so comfortable….” “took time to explain..” “easy to understand…” “straightforward…” “stress-free…” “made an...
You’re getting ready to have a conversation on a really difficult topic. The dilemma of all difficult conversations, explain authors Stone, Patton, and Heen of the Harvard Negotiation Project, is that if we avoid the problem, our feelings fester and we’ve lost an...
Bob and Susan, an older couple with an adult son, own a big farm, where they hope to live the rest of their lives. Bob’s estate plan includes leaving the farm to their son John, subject to a life estate for Susan; Susan’s plan includes the same life estate arrangement...
“Dirty oil just doesn’t do the job as well as fresh oil does,” explains Deanna Sciar in Auto Repair for Dummies. “By changing your oil frequently, you may get twice the mileage out of an otherwise good engine,” Sciar adds. How frequently should oil changes take...
“One of the easiest and most helpful estate planning tools to use is also the easiest to mess up,” cautions bankrate.com, referring to the naming of IRA beneficiaries. At Geyer law, we agree. Often, we’ve found, the problem arises out of a simple failure to update the...
Look around – no doubt you have friends and co-workers caught between caring for their parents and caring for their own children. Those people are part of what’s come to be called the Sandwich Generation. In fact, the American Association of Retired Persons (AARP)...
