Choosing a guardian for your minor children is one of the most significant decisions you’ll make as a parent. It involves carefully considering who will provide the love, care, and stability your children need if you’re no longer able to. This process can be emotionally challenging, but it’s essential to ensure your...
How To Avoid The Need for Guardianship
The highly capable attorneys of Surprenant & Beneski, P.C. help clients throughout Southeastern Massachusetts deal with all kinds of estate planning issues from asset protection to preparation and execution of foundational documents. One important issue we assist with is how to avoid the need for guardianship should a loved one become...
Legal Options for Adult Children of Disabled Parents
Adult children of disabled parents often face a daunting array of concerns and responsibilities. The tasks required can be overwhelming whether the adult children are young, employed and perhaps taking care of their own young children, or middle-aged and hoping to enjoy retirement in the relatively near future. At Surprenant & Beneski,...
The Difference Between Senior Guardianships and Minor Guardianships
At Surprenant & Beneski, P.C., our accomplished estate planning attorneys have been successfully serving the needs of individuals and families throughout Southeastern Massachusetts for more than two decades. One of our important tasks involves handling the complexities of guardianship for those who are looking to protect their loved ones — whether...
A Look into Different Types of Guardianships
There are two basic reasons individuals need guardians: [1] they are incapacitated — physically, mentally, or psychiatrically — and therefore unable to make decisions or to care for themselves, or [2] they are minors whose parents are either deceased or unable to care for them.
Both of these situations...
If Life is a Highway, then Estate Planning is the Road Map
Estate Planning is like a road map. And while the map may be straight forward for some, for others there may be stops along the way. One thing is for sure is that it all leads to the same destination: peace of mind!
A lot of people put off...
Three Documents that Provide Peace of Mind During a Crisis
Three primary documents that help ensure an individual’s access to their desired healthcare outcome are Power of Attorney (POA) and Advanced Directive. These written documents allow an individual to appoint external help to make legal, financial, and healthcare decisions on one’s behalf.
A Healthcare Proxy (HCP) This is a...
CNBC Article: Estate planning for LGBTQ+ families is crucial. Here’s what you need to do
By Michelle Fox
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Everyone should have an estate plan. For LGBTQ+ families, it may be even more critical.
Members of the LGBTQ+ community are less likely to be married or they may have children where only one partner is the biological parent, said Gina Nelson,...
Legal Planning for Individuals with Memory Loss
Creating a plan for your future in the early stages of the disease to ensure your wishes are met can be empowering. The sooner legal plans are established, the better prepared you and your family will be! It is nor-mal to feel overwhelmed by the details of legal planning, but remember that...
Guideposts Article: Kate Mulgrew’s Toughest Role: Alzheimer’s Caregiver
The Star Trek: Voyager actress spent nine years caring for her beloved mother as she dealt with the debilitating disease.
by Kate Mulgrew
“Kitten,” my mother said to me one day, “you should be my mother.”
I was all of 14 years old, the oldest girl...