by Eileen Kerlin Walsh | Aug 28, 2025 | Blog, Common Questions, Estate Planning, Kerlin Walsh Law, News, Wills & Trusts
A revocable living trust can serve as a valuable estate planning tool to help ensure that your finances remain well managed if you become incapacitated (unable to manage your affairs while you are alive) and to provide future financial security for your loved ones...
by Eileen Kerlin Walsh | Aug 28, 2025 | Blog, Common Questions, Education, Estate Planning, Healthcare Decisions, Kerlin Walsh Law, News, Power of Attorney, Wills & Trusts
The bad news: When a person dies owning property in their sole name without a beneficiary, their loved ones will have to go through a court-supervised process called probate to transfer the property out of the deceased person’s name and into the name of intended...
by Eileen Kerlin Walsh | Aug 28, 2025 | Blog, Common Questions, Education, Estate Planning, Kerlin Walsh Law, News, Probate, Wills & Trusts
After a loved one dies, their money and property that goes through probate must be distributed to the people legally entitled to it, either according to a last will and testament (also called a will) or the state’s default distribution scheme (found in its intestacy...
by Eileen Kerlin Walsh | Aug 28, 2025 | Blog, Common Questions, Estate Planning, Kerlin Walsh Law, News, Probate, Wills & Trusts
Most people think of probate (the process of collecting, managing, and distributing a deceased person’s money and property) as a private process. However, because probate involves the court system, most filings become a matter of public record. That means your nosy...
by Eileen Kerlin Walsh | Aug 28, 2025 | Blog, Common Questions, Education, Estate Planning, Kerlin Walsh Law, Living Trusts, News, Wills & Trusts
Today, many people use a revocable living trust instead of a will, joint ownership, or beneficiary designation as the foundation of their estate plan. When properly prepared, a trust avoids the costly public, and often time-consuming, court processes of...
