The Plain English Legal Podcast

Don't Frankenstein Your Trust

DIY changes to a solid estate plan can often cause unintended consequences or even revoke your entire plan.

Breaking a Car Out of Probate

Dealing with a car in probate when there is a revocable living trust doesn’t need to be complicated to the point a vehicle needs to be retitled in the name of the trust, and then retitled again to the buyer or beneficiary. Instead, there is a way to retitle the car only once, and it sounds complicated… but it really isn’t if you follow this process.

#estate #car #trust

You Want WHAT?! How Dare You?!

There is a lot of confusion over one of men’s biggest fears, and society tends to punish people to arriving at the obvious, simple solution that avoids years of wrongfully imposed child support payments: a paternity test. In this installment, Jeff reviews the facts about paternity fraud, tests, the statistics, and the best legal and strategic way for men to secure certainty in parentage through the right legal documents.

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#paternity #childsupport #prenup

5 Ways The Attorneys Destroyed This Estate

Using a revocable living trust as the core of an estate plan is a great way to avoid probate… as long as the attorneys don’t screw up the basics. In this installment, we review five exceedingly simple things that the attorneys got wrong, and it’s making the estate process much more complicated than it needs to be.

#estateplanning #revocabletrust #livingtrust #revocablelivingtrust

Check out the free information on revocable living trusts at www.freetrustcourse.com

11 Red Flags of Estate Planning

11 Red Flags of Estate Planning When it comes to estate planning, there are a lot of red flags indicating a need for some specific protections. However, one of the biggest solutions is a well-drafted, optimally-funded revocable living trust to keep the estate out of probate. Here are the top eleven red flags Indicating an elevated need for a trust.

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#estateplanning #revocabletrust #livingtrust #revocablelivingtrust www.freetrustcourse.com

The Sole Beneficiary Disaster

“Oh, we’ll just leave everything to our oldest child and they’ll take care of dividing things up.” I hear this from time to time, and it is a disaster waiting to happen for several reasons. In this installment, Jeff covers the numerous reasons why leaving the decision of how to divide up an estate up to a sole beneficiary is leaving that beneficiary a ton of headaches. #estateplanning #revocabletrust #livingtrust #revocablelivingtrust

What the Heck is a Cestui Que Vie Trust?

Here is a trust that supposedly shelters you from all taxes, has no probate, and provides you a huge government pension for the rest of your life! Unfortunately, it is based on wishes and aspirations that has no basis in the law... but people are still talking about it. For the video version, check it out on YouTube here: https://youtu.be/JB5RFjlF7E4?si=eIrpMtbZv0WLQ2h9 

I Don’t Want My Inheritance… Now What?

When an inheritance is not wanted, certain steps can be taken to reject it, but there are things you can do and can't do. Unfortunately, there is a lot of assumptions and misinformation out there.

In this podcast episode, Jeff reviews methods of inheritance, how the inheritance can be rejected, and finally cover the steps to make a formal disclaimer. #estateplanning #inheritance #disclaimer

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5 Estate Concepts People Get Wrong

Welcome to today's podcast!

When it comes to estate planning, there are a lot of myths, misconceptions, and outright falsehoods out there. We are also living in a time when people can turn off facts in favor of what they want to hear if it means they don’t have to take action. So here are the 5 big concepts that people often get wrong that might be painful to hear. #estate #revocabletrust #livingtrust #revocablelivingtrust #powerofattorney 

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#probate #willsandestates #estateplanning #irrevocabletrust #trust #revocabletrust #livingtrust #estateplan #estateplanningattorney #estateplanninglawyer #AssetProtection #attorney #theplainenglishattorney

4 Reasons to Make a Last Will and Testament

You’re an adult, you have a lot going on, and you’re not going to die tomorrow. As far as you know. Putting together estate planning documents may be the last thing on your mind, but it shouldn’t be if you care even a little bit about where your assets go when you pass on. Today, we’re going to cover the four major reasons to have a Last Will and Testament. #estateplanning #lastwillandtestament #probate

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