Estate Planning

Estate Planning

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Estate Planning

End-of-life discussions can be uncomfortable to have, but they are ESSENTIAL to preparing an estate plan to avoid placing your family at risk if you become incapacitated or pass away.

An estate plan is often more than only a Last Will and Testament and should be tailored to be as unique as you are!

Dusty Dawn Law is a full-service estate planning law firm serving Arkansans across the Natural State. We help individuals and married couples just like you prepare for the future of your family by providing comprehensive estate planning services.

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Power of Attorney

When a person either becomes unable to make his or her own decisions, or decides they no longer want to make their own decisions, how does he or she give someone else the ability to act on their behalf? In Arkansas, the decisions and acts a person can make on the behalf of another are categorized separately between healthcare and financial powers. With appropriate planning, you have the power to decide ahead of time who will have the power to make decisions for you, what limitations (if any) that person has when making the decisions, and who will take their place should your chosen person be unable or unwilling to perform the duties of a power of attorney. Dusty Dawn Law can counsel you through this decision-making process to protect you, your future healthcare, and your assets.

Wills

A Last Will and Testament in part provides for your wishes of how your estate (assets and debts) should be handled when you (and/or your spouse) pass away. This is a powerful tool that ensures your wishes are carried out and/or that may change the succession of heirship proscribed by Arkansas law that would naturally take place should you pass away without a Will. A Last Will and Testament may not be an end all solution to the totality of your estate planning needs. Let Dusty Dawn Law review your wishes for your current and future needs to create a comprehensive and personalized estate plan.

Trusts

When someone passes away, their estate, or assets and debts, may need to go through the court system for probate and/or be taxed in various ways. A comprehensive Trust gives you the power to decide now how you wish your estate to be handled, avoid probate, or allocate assets in a way to avoid certain types of taxation in circumstances that a Last Will and Testament is not enough to do so. There are several types of Trusts that serve different purposes, and often, more than one type of Trust can work collectively to accomplish several goals at once. Let Dusty Dawn Law review your estate with you for your current and future needs to create a comprehensive and personalized estate plan.