By Lane V. Erickson, Idaho Estate Planning Attorney It isn’t uncommon as an estate planning attorney to have clients come in who have previously lived in other states. The reason they come see me is they want me to review their Estate Planning and make sure that the documents they…
By Lane V. Erickson, Idaho Estate Planning Attorney Many years ago there was a famous late night commercial about a rotisserie chicken cooker. The famous slogan that was used over and over again during the commercial to sell that item was “Set it and forget it.” While this may be…
By Lane V. Erickson, Idaho Estate Planning Attorney If there’s one thing that I’ve learned through my nearly 20 years of experience as an estate planning attorney it is that death affects us all. It cannot permanently be avoided. This was reinforced to me personally when my aunt recently passed…
By Lane V. Erickson, Idaho Estate Planning Attorney Many times after I’ve helped a couple complete their estate planning, they will ask me whether it is a good idea for them to have a family meeting so that they can describe their estate plan to their children. Whether they should…
By Lane V. Erickson, Idaho Estate Planning Attorney Whenever I meet somebody for the first time, whether on a plane, at a family gathering, or just in some social event, inevitably I am asked what I do for a living. When I explain that I am an estate planning attorney…
By Lane V. Erickson, Idaho Estate Planning Attorney I have worked as an estate planning attorney for many years. During this time, and after having assisted numerous estate planning clients, I have learned that there are really 3 problems with Idaho estate planning. (To be clear, there actually are far…
By Lane V. Erickson, Idaho Estate Planning Attorney When most people hear the term “estate planning” the first thing they think of is a Will. Perhaps this is because of movies and television shows where they have seen a will being vitally important after a person passes away. However, Estate…
By Lane V. Erickson, Idaho Estate Planning Attorney I think everyone would agree that estate planning is a wonderful way to provide a specific gift to others when you die. Having been an Idaho estate planning attorney for nearly twenty years I have seen the impact of a person’s estate…
By Lane V. Erickson, Idaho Estate Planning Attorney With nearly 20 years of experience as an Idaho estate planning attorney I have learned that estate planning is not a static process. Life can change rapidly. Because of those changes, our circumstances are different today than they may have been when…
By Lane V. Erickson, Idaho Estate Planning Attorney Over the nearly two decades I have spent working as an estate planning attorney I’ve heard numerous questions from clients about how to divide their estate among their children. Most recently, the question that seems to arise is whether a client can…