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- 3 elements to include in a basic estate plan
- 3 grounds for will contestation in Ohio
- 3 important reasons to update your estate plan
- 3 reasons having an Ohio estate plan is critical
- 3 reasons to preplan your funeral
- 4 benefits of a trust
- 5 tips for storing your estate planning documents
- Address estate plan updates in a divorce
- Advance directives: What happens if you become incapacitated?
- Are executors liable when they mismanage an estate?
- Are there benefits to school district consolidation?
- Assets that escape the probate process
- Benefits of establishing an LLC
- Benefits of estate planning for business owners
- Business succession: Part of successful estate planning
- Can a court revoke executor fees?
- Can I prevent someone from contesting my will?
- Can you contest a will in Ohio?
- Can you include education expenses in an estate plan?
- Classification of independent contractors and employees in Ohio
- Compliance with the Open Meetings Act
- Contracts for municipal collaborations
- Dealing with tax issues related to closing an estate
- Did you remember your digital assets when estate planning?
- Do all Ohio estates go through probate?
- Do I need a living will?
- Does my business need LLC status?
- Does the Ohio probate process take long?
- Don’t forget your cryptocurrency in your estate planning
- Each estate plan is unique
- Estate executors may settle debts during probate
- Estate planning after your divorce
- Estate planning for people facing a future with dementia
- Facts about probate
- Farm succession planning should begin years before you retire
- How an LLC can benefit your estate plan
- How can I avoid financial scams targeting the elderly?
- How can you avoid mistakes with beneficiary designations?
- How can you deal with the stress of managing probate?
- How can you determine whether to leave your house to your children?
- How can you ensure your pets have a good life if something happens to you?
- How can you finetune your estate plan?
- How can you improve municipal contracts?
- How can you include your art collection into your estate plan?
- How do you stop a will contest before it happens?
- How does a city make zoning decisions?
- How should I pursue a zoning permit?
- How should you choose a potential guardian for your children?
- How to avoid beneficiary designation mistakes
- How to prepare your estate plan
- How you can prevent family battles over your estate
- I am still young: do I need an advance directive?
- Identify your zoning basics before pursuing a municipal project
- Important traits needed in an executor
- Include these 3 components in a simple estate plan
- Independent contractor vs. employee: Which is it?
- Is it time to change your estate plan?
- Is it time to review your estate plan?
- Is probate inevitable?
- Is there a link between loneliness and undue influence?
- Josh Plieninger and Andrew Winkel have become partners of Metz, Bailey & McLoughlin, LLP.
- Keep these 5 estate planning mistakes out of your life
- Letter of last instruction can provide useful estate information
- Limiting (or avoiding) one’s estate tax liability
- Looking at special needs trust requirements
- Managing one’s potential estate tax liability
- Ohio’s Open Meetings Act and compliance issues
- Overlooked assets and issues in estate planning
- Payback trusts and non-payback trusts
- Preparing for the future: Choosing a health care proxy
- Providing for your child as a late-in-life parent
- Reasons for preplanning your funeral
- Reasons to plan a funeral ahead of time
- Release from administration during Ohio probate
- Reviewing intestate succession guidelines
- Revisiting your estate plan
- Safeguarding against corruption
- Selling estate property is not as easy as it seems
- Serving as the executor of an estate
- Should I create an LLC?
- Should I put my adult child on my deed?
- Should you include sentimental assets in your estate plan?
- Should you pick a family member to manage your estate?
- Should you update your estate plan now?
- Steps that increase your chance to leave a financial legacy
- Strategies to avoid Ohio probate
- Strategies to avoid probate in Ohio
- The benefits of creating a living trust
- The Estate Planning Process
- The human side of estate planning
- The importance of creating an estate plan
- The importance of having an estate plan
- The ins and outs of a living trust
- The Probate Process
- Things to consider when updating your will
- Tips for choosing an executor
- Tips for liquidating estate belongings
- Tips for setting up an estate plan
- Transparency can mitigate discord when property taxes rise
- Understanding Ohio Sunshine Laws
- Understanding Ohio’s sunshine laws
- Understanding solar lease payment structures
- Understanding the three basic approaches to estate planning
- Update your estate plan with these items before retirement
- Verifying the validity of property tax payment amounts
- What are municipality bylaws in Ohio?
- What are solar easements?
- What are some ordinances pertaining to property in Westerville?
- What are special needs trusts?
- What are special needs trusts?
- What are the common responsibilities of Ohio townships?
- What are the duties of an executor?
- What are the guidelines for a municipal credit card use agreement?
- What are the requirements for a legal will?
- What are the sunshine laws?
- What are your responsibilities as the executor of an estate?
- What can a trust accomplish that a will cannot?
- What can a will accomplish that a trust cannot?
- What details of an estate plan should you share with your family?
- What does a funeral trust cover?
- What estate planning mistakes should you avoid?
- What exactly does municipal law encompass?
- What expenses can a special needs trust cover?
- What happens when a will does not get updated?
- What information can you include in your will?
- What is a home rule charter?
- What is a transferable on death designation affidavit?
- What is an estate plan?
- What is home rule?
- What is the Medicaid penalty period?
- What issues can arise during the probate process?
- What issues should you expect with a probate home sale?
- What makes a municipal contract meaningful?
- What municipalities should keep in mind regarding social media
- What rules must a city follow to impose local taxes on residents?
- What should I consider when asking someone to be my estate administrator?
- What should simple estate plans have?
- What should you know about beneficiary designations?
- What should you know about long term care?
- What state and federal estate taxes do Ohioans pay?
- What to consider before you agree to be the executor of an estate
- What to do when an estate administrator goes rogue
- What traits should you look for in an executor?
- When do probate alternatives take effect in Ohio?
- When life changes mean estate plan changes
- When may an executor sell estate property?
- When should you update or change your estate plan?
- When you only have real estate, how do you avoid probate?
- Where should you store your completed will?
- Which estate planning documents should you consider?
- Who is the right fit to serve as estate executor?
- Who should be your health care agent?
- Who should have an estate plan?
- Who will inherit your estate if you die without a will?
- Why and how to change a living will
- Why and how to identify interested parties in will litigation
- Why do fewer than half of Americans have an estate plan?
- Why executors should check for unclaimed property
- Why is transparency in local government important?
- Why should you consider a living trust?
- Why should you talk to your family about your will?
- Why should you update your estate plan after a divorce?
- Why should your executor be empathetic?
- Why you should hire a lawyer for estate planning
- Why you should plan your own funeral
- Why young people should consider an estate plan
- Why your children may need 2 types of guardians if you die
- Why zoning regulations are challenged
- Without estate planning, unmarried partners may get nothing
- Working with creditors to settle the estate
- Your responsibilities as the executor of an estate
- Your vigilance can minimize the risks of estate disputes