By Lane V. Erickson, Attorney During a normal estate planning interview with client I often find myself talking about retirement plans. My clients are always interested in knowing how their retirement plans will be dispersed when they pass away. It is helpful to bring these things up and to discuss…
By Lane V. Erickson, Attorney I make my living off of being an effective estate planner with my clients. The reason I do this is because I’m passionate about everyone needing an estate plan and making sure that that estate plan accomplishes would each individual once. And helping my clients…
By Lane V. Erickson, Attorney As an estate planning attorney I often meet with clients to discuss the creation of their personalized the state plans. During these conversations inevitably my clients bring up their children, and often the circumstances of each child. I have found that during these discussions my…
By Lane V. Erickson, Attorney Life is uncertain. There is no area of law where this is more true than in estate planning. I often have clients come see me who, after completing their estate planning, end up getting a divorce. When this occurs several new issues arise that have…
By Lane V. Erickson, Attorney Estate planning is as unique as the individuals who seek to have it completed. What I mean by this statement is that there is no single estate plan that will work for every individual. Rather, and estate plan should be as unique as the individual…
By Matthew P. Stucki There are numerous reasons that an individual, known as a Grantor, may decide to use a living trust as the vehicle to transfer his or her property upon death. In most living trusts, the Grantor directs the Trustee to settle with the Grantor’s creditors before distributing…
By Matthew P. Stucki On of the main responsibilities of the personal representative of an estate is to deal with the decedent’s creditors. The first step to start identifying who the decedent’s creditors are would be to examine the decedent’s mail and personal documents. The next step would be to…
By Lane V. Erickson, Attorney As an attorney my job is to apply my expertise, knowledge and experience to help individuals in Idaho solve their Estate Planning and probate problems. Often, when I meet with individuals, they have a series of questions that are specific to their circumstances. I really…
By Lane Erickson, Attorney My job as an attorney is to help individuals complete their Idaho estate planning so that they are prepared for the uncertainties of life. The very nature of life makes it so that plans sometimes change. One of the questions my clients often ask me is…
By Lane V. Erickson, Attorney The variety of document that can be used to complete an estate plan are amazing. That usually do fall into several basic categories including Distributing property, taking care of property while you were alive, and making end-of-life decisions. The document that helps with making end-of-life…