I want to congratulate you for making it here and taking the first step toward planning for everyone and everything you love. I cherish the opportunity to help secure what you love. I look forward to learning your story, hearing what matters to you, and helping you to discover what's actually needed to keep your loved one's out of court and out of conflict when something happens to you (or them).
We specialize in creating wills and trusts to achieve your goals. Are you a parent of minor children? You may be part of the 69% of parents who do not have documentation in place for your kids in the event of an emergency. At 20West Legal, we prepare a full package of documents to ensure your children are taken care of by the people you want, in the way that you want.
Our plans include instructions to caregivers, Temporary Guardian Appointment, Permanent Guardian Appointments, Child Health Care Proxies, Powers of Attorney for your minors and more. Erica Endyke is a certified Personal Family Lawyer.
We specialize in creating wills and trusts to achieve your goals. Are you a parent of minor children? You may be part of the 69% of parents who do not have documentation in place for your kids in the event of an emergency. At 20West Legal, we prepare a full package of documents to ensure your children are taken care of by the people you want, in the way that you want.
Our plans include instructions to caregivers, Temporary Guardian Appointment, Permanent Guardian Appointments, Child Health Care Proxies, Powers of Attorney for your minors and more. Erica Endyke is a certified Personal Family Lawyer.
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Do you know what would happen to you, your loved ones, your money and everything else you care about if something unexpected happened to you?
If you have an estate plan and it's out of date, your assets could be lost to the Massachusetts Department of Unclaimed Property (currently holding over 2.4 billion dollars!), or to an unnecessary and potentially messy Court process.
If you don't know exactly what would happen for everyone you love and everything you own, then the first step is to learn exactly what would happen, legally and financially, so that you can decide if you are okay with your current state of your affairs.
If you have an estate plan and it's out of date, your assets could be lost to the Massachusetts Department of Unclaimed Property (currently holding over 2.4 billion dollars!), or to an unnecessary and potentially messy Court process.
If you don't know exactly what would happen for everyone you love and everything you own, then the first step is to learn exactly what would happen, legally and financially, so that you can decide if you are okay with your current state of your affairs.
As you can imagine, we get the question "How much does an estate plan cost?" quite frequently.
This is a good question that we want to answer for you as clearly as we can, given that there is not a "one-size-fits-all solution" for every family.
If a lawyer can tell you exactly what your plan would cost via email or over the phone without a comprehensive discovery process, most people would run quickly away from that lawyer.
Families shop around based on price (because they don't know any other way to shop for an estate plan) and they end up with a traditional plan, which is a set of documents that do not actually work when the family needs them.
This is a good question that we want to answer for you as clearly as we can, given that there is not a "one-size-fits-all solution" for every family.
If a lawyer can tell you exactly what your plan would cost via email or over the phone without a comprehensive discovery process, most people would run quickly away from that lawyer.
Families shop around based on price (because they don't know any other way to shop for an estate plan) and they end up with a traditional plan, which is a set of documents that do not actually work when the family needs them.
At 20West Legal, we get kids.
We have them.
That's why one of our areas of greatest expertise is planning for the well-being and care of the children you love.
Most don't want to spend time thinking about it, but it's a fact.
If you have not properly documented alternative legal guardians for your children and something happens to you, a Court will decide who will take custody of your kids or worse, your kids could be taken into child protective services.
It's so simple to prevent, and we are here to guide you through the steps.
We have them.
That's why one of our areas of greatest expertise is planning for the well-being and care of the children you love.
Most don't want to spend time thinking about it, but it's a fact.
If you have not properly documented alternative legal guardians for your children and something happens to you, a Court will decide who will take custody of your kids or worse, your kids could be taken into child protective services.
It's so simple to prevent, and we are here to guide you through the steps.
Probate - a word that many don't know the meaning of, or fear because of its reputation as a confusing and stressful process.
In short, probate is the court-supervised process used to transfer your loved one's assets to the appropriate heirs and beneficiaries.
Probate is designed to serve as a protection against fraud by freezing an estate's assets until a judge can confirm that everything is in order with the Will, beneficiaries, and creditors.
At 20WestLegal, we understand that it is challenging enough to experience the loss of a loved one, so we take our time to guide you through each step of the postmortem process.
In short, probate is the court-supervised process used to transfer your loved one's assets to the appropriate heirs and beneficiaries.
Probate is designed to serve as a protection against fraud by freezing an estate's assets until a judge can confirm that everything is in order with the Will, beneficiaries, and creditors.
At 20WestLegal, we understand that it is challenging enough to experience the loss of a loved one, so we take our time to guide you through each step of the postmortem process.
Explaining to you how we're different requires an explanation of what the "traditional" experience with a lawyer is like.
If you've worked with a lawyer to prepare estate planning documents for you in the past, this will sound familiar.
During the traditional experience, you'll go in and meet with a lawyer who will oftentimes make things seem very complicated and confusing.
You'll have a good idea your lawyer is smart and seems to know what they are doing, so you'll nod and answer questions, as if you understand everything.
If you've worked with a lawyer to prepare estate planning documents for you in the past, this will sound familiar.
During the traditional experience, you'll go in and meet with a lawyer who will oftentimes make things seem very complicated and confusing.
You'll have a good idea your lawyer is smart and seems to know what they are doing, so you'll nod and answer questions, as if you understand everything.
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