By Lane V. Erickson, Idaho Estate Planning Attorney Having been an estate planning attorney for over 20 years, I can speak through personal experience in saying how important it is to use an attorney to help you create and keep your estate-planning updated. My experience is that some people what…
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IDAHO ESTATE PLANNING – THE EASY WAY TO GET STARTED – ESTATE PLANNING QUESTIONNAIRE
By Lane V. Erickson, Idaho Estate Planning Attorney Having assisted numerous clients with their Idaho estate planning needs, I’ve come to learn that not every individual needs exactly the same thing. Everyone is unique. The relationships, the property, the money, the assets, and the motives and goals of each person…
BUZZ ALDRIN AND IDAHO ESTATE PLANNING
By Lane V. Erickson, Idaho Estate Planning Attorney As an estate planning attorney for more than 20 years, I’m always on the lookout for interesting stories about Estate Planning, and either how it has helped individuals, or how not having estate planning done correctly can cause problems. Most recently I…
IDAHO ESTATE PLANNING AND P.O.S.T. DOCUMENTS
By Lane V. Erickson, Idaho Estate Planning Attorney For over 20 years my Idaho estate planning clients come to me with questions and concerns they have about completing their own estate planning. My goal is to answer their questions and assist them in making meaningful decisions that they feel will…
IDAHO PROBATE: DOES IT MATTER WHETHER YOU HAVE A WRITTEN WILL?
Bye Lane V. Erickson, Idaho Estate Planning Attorney When it comes to estate planning perhaps the most useful thing the Racine Law Office offers to our clients is our free 30-minute consultation. During our free 30-minute consultation we can answer all of client’s questions and can also give them a…
THE LIVING WILL AND POWER OF ATTORNEY FOR HEALTH CARE
By Lane V. Erickson, Idaho Estate Planning Attorney As an estate planning attorney for 20 years, I have often seen many clients gamble with their future by not having their estate planning documents completed. It’s interesting because these same individuals would never gamble with their money or with the lives…
WHAT TYPES OF ESTATE PLANS ARE THERE?
By Lane V. Erickson, Idaho Estate Planning Attorney The real purpose of estate planning is to meet your specific individual needs. In other words, there really is no cookie-cutter approach that can benefit every single person because each person is unique and different. As a result, a good estate plan…
POCATELLO ESTATE PLANNING – WHAT TO DO WHEN YOU HAVE NO HEIRS
By Lane V. Erickson, Idaho Estate Planning Attorney Having practiced estate planning in Pocatello for 20 years I am passionate that everyone needs a good estate plan. It really doesn’t matter what your age is whether you were married or single or whether you believe you have any errors or…
ON THE LIGHTER SIDE – STRANGE WILLS FROM FAMOUS PEOPLE
By Lane V. Erickson, Pocatello Estate Planning Attorney I decided that for this blog post I would make a list of some of the stranger and more interesting Wills that famous and infamous people have left. I hope you enjoy reading about some of these people and the strange things…
THREE THINGS ABOUT POCATELLO ESTATE PLANNING YOU SHOULD KNOW
By Lane V. Erickson, Pocatello Estate Planning Attorney Estate planning and probate are large areas of the law in Idaho. There are many nuances, and small details about these areas of the law that most people never come to understand. The good news is that most people don’t need to…