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Protecting Your Legacy: Navigating Estate Planning Amid Divorce in Idaho

by Kylie Madsen | Mar 19, 2024 | Estate Planning, Insights, Kylie Madsen

Navigate the complexities of estate planning amid divorce in Idaho with expert guidance. Discover how to safeguard your legacy and ensure assets are distributed according to your wishes, especially in blended family situations. Learn about Idaho’s estate laws, the risks of inadequate planning, and essential steps to protect your family’s future. Read now for crucial insights on creating a secure estate plan during divorce.

Choosing a Representative in Estate Planning

by Kaleena Beck | Mar 1, 2022 | Estate Planning, General, Guardianship, Conservatorship, and Adoption, Insights, Kaleena Beck, Probate & Trust Administrations

In completing your estate planning, there are often tough choices that need to be made. These important decisions include determining who you want to make decisions on your behalf if you are not available to do so because of unavailability, incapacity or death. The most common types of representatives include a personal representative/executor, trustee, power of attorney and guardian. Each of these representatives include different goals and considerations. Let us assist you in choosing the best personal representative, power of attorney, guardian or trustee for you and your family.

Probate Basics: Summary Administration

by Kaleena Beck | May 12, 2021 | Estate Planning, Insights, Kaleena Beck, Probate & Trust Administrations

If you are dealing with a simple estate and deciding whether a probate is necessary, a summary administration of the estate may be an option to avoid a lengthy probate. Idaho law allows for a simple alternative to probate if you are the surviving spouse of the deceased and you are the sole beneficiary of the deceased’s estate called a “summary...