Estate Planning/Wills

Getting your Will, medical documents (Advanced Medical directive and Medical Power of Attorney), General Power of Attorney, etc. done hourly, is quite expensive unless your attorney succeeds in [...]

Developing an estate plan should be on everyone’s to do list. Not only is this important for the future of your assets and avoiding probate, but it allows you to state preferences that may not [...]

Estate planning is not merely about distributing assets after one’s demise; it’s a comprehensive approach to ensuring that your wealth, property, and wishes are effectively managed, both [...]

By Julie Kreutzer Living Trusts and other sorts of Trusts are quite popular as a means of avoiding taxes and probate.  However,  be aware of these issues: If the goal is to avoid inheritance tax, [...]

By: Julie Kreutzer, Esq.   At best, most attorneys may ask if you want to do any bequests for friends but I think I’m the only attorney who has a regard for pets and plants.  My view is if [...]

  By:  Julie Kreutzer, Esq.   The different phases of Covid have made dealing with mortality even more difficult.  As we’ve seen during Covid, everyone needs a Will and Advanced Medical [...]

By Julie Kreutzer   If you are unsure if your estate planning documents need an update, I can review them to be sure they will protect you and yours while you are alive and after you pass.  [...]

If you’ve been named as a Trustee or Executor you are also a Fiduciary, which comes with certain responsibilities.  You can find some very helpful articles on the Colorado Bar Association as to [...]

By:  Julie Kreutzer, Esq. As Covid-19 continues to evolve, many people realize they need to get their Will, medical documents, and related documents done or updated. Although for most of my 30 [...]

If you did a will some time ago, you may uneasily be wondering if you really need to update it and how best to do so.   Here’s some of the questions I ask my clients when they ask that question. [...]

Anyone who drives, bikes, skies, or has a pulse, really.   Accidents and serious illness don’t wait for advanced age, particularly in Colorado where we tend to be  active and get out a lot. What [...]

What is probate? It is the legal process that conveys property after someone dies. Can you avoid probate in Colorado? If your assets are under $74,000 then a small estate affidavit is used.  If [...]

If you live in Colorado and are considering an online will or having an attorney help you with your Will, here’s what you need to know: What’s the difference between online wills and Attorney [...]

Recent media stories have really forced us to face death recently. Most of us read about twenty-nine year old Brittany Maynard, who had just gotten married and discovered she had stage IV brain [...]

I’ve had a general law practice for over 28 years and have drafted many wills as well as done probate cases based on good and bad wills.   Having seen the good, the bad and the ugly, I can [...]

Since it is so cheap and easy to do one on-line, so why would anyone go to an attorney? Allow me to justify my existence (as well as that of other attorneys who do wills)

Most people encounter the probate process because a friend or relative has named them as an Executor or Personal Representative in their Will. Unless you have done this task before, it can be [...]