by Law Office of Constance A Aschenbrenner | Mar 24, 2022 | Elder Law, Estate Planning, Wills and Trusts
Serious health diagnoses can impact your life in huge ways and may bring concerns you haven’t thought of up to the forefront. One of those concerns, which is often pushed off when everything is going well, is estate planning and/or elder law planning. Planning can...
by Law Office of Constance A Aschenbrenner | Mar 24, 2022 | Estate Planning
Perhaps one of the best reasons to hire an estate planning attorney in Anchorage is because of what they can do to help with retirement planning. Most of us have a kind of fantasy about what our retirement will look like, but a smart Anchorage estate planning lawyer...
by Law Office of Constance A Aschenbrenner | Jan 28, 2022 | Alaska Estate Attorney, Estate Planning, Wills and Trusts
While it doesn’t happen in real life as often as it does in the movies and on soap operas, Anchorage wills and trusts lawyers do sometimes have to deal with a contested will. Wills and trusts are created in order to ensure that a deceased’s wishes are followed, as...
by Law Office of Constance A Aschenbrenner | Jan 28, 2022 | Alaska Estate Attorney, Estate Planning, Wills and Trusts
The answer to this question and so many other estate planning questions is, “It depends, ….”. It is true that if you own an asset jointly with rights of survivorship in Alaska, the joint tenant will automatically retain ownership of the property when you pass...
by Law Office of Constance A Aschenbrenner | Jan 28, 2022 | Alaska Estate Attorney, Estate Planning, Guardianship, Special Needs
A lot of parents come into our Anchorage estate planning law firm with mixed feelings about passing on the balance of their retirement accounts to their children when they die someday. On one hand they are proud of the money they have saved over their lifetime in an...
by Law Office of Constance A Aschenbrenner | Jan 28, 2022 | Alaska Estate Attorney, Elder Law, Estate Planning
Legal competency concerns can lead to issues for senior citizens, during both life and death. This is especially true for financial affairs and disputed inheritances. An Anchorage Elder law attorney must be able to determine a senior’s legal competency in both...
