Careful planning now when it comes to your estate can go a long way towards establishing your goals and ensuring that your wishes and desired philanthropic causes are supported later in life and in future generations.

What’s your legacy? What do you hope that other people remember about you when you’re not around?

One of the easiest ways to step into this process is to think about the impact of your passing on your loved ones. While this is a difficult thing to consider, you can use this as a way to open the conversation around legacy planning. Everything that you do with an estate planning attorney today puts you in the best possible decision to make those choices while you still can.

Thinking about the bigger picture helps you to reframe the value of estate planning and understand how it can help to avoid challenges in the future during a time when your family is already coping with the difficulty of your loss. Given these complex issues, you should schedule a consultation with an experienced and trusted estate planning attorney who will take the time to sit down with you and create a customized individualized plan for your future.

The right lawyer can put you at ease and instill confidence in you that you will have an estate plan aligned with your individual goals. You can choose to pass on inheritances to organizations or people you care about and get the peace of mind that comes with knowing that you have put these tools into place to ensure those transfers happen as intended.

A Massachusetts estate planning attorney can be a very valuable asset to help you during this time. Set up a time to speak with a Massachusetts attorney today.

 

 


Disclaimer: This blog post is for informational purposes only and does not constitute legal advice. Reading this content does not create an attorney-client relationship. For legal advice specific to your situation, please consult with a qualified attorney.

Tiffany A. O'Connell, JD, LLM, CELA, AEP

About Tiffany A. O'Connell, JD, LLM, CELA, AEP

Tiffany A. O'Connell, JD, LLM, CELA, AEP is the CEO and Founding Partner of O'Connell Law, an estate planning and elder law firm serving clients across Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Vermont. She is one of a select group of attorneys in Massachusetts certified by the National Elder Law Foundation as a Certified Elder Law Attorney (CELA). Tiffany focuses her practice on estate planning, trust and probate administration, Medicaid planning, long-term care planning, Alzheimer's planning, charitable planning, and retirement and wealth strategies. She has been helping families plan for their futures since opening her practice in 2010.

Credentials: JD, LLM, CELA (Certified Elder Law Attorney — National Elder Law Foundation), AEP (Accredited Estate Planner)

Licensed in: Massachusetts

Areas of Practice: Estate Planning, Elder Law, Medicaid Planning, Probate & Trust Administration, Alzheimer's Planning, Asset Protection

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