Questions families ask us

In the state where your parent lives, and sometimes both if there’s property on each side. Our attorneys are admitted in both, so one firm can do it.

Nothing. It’s an hour with an attorney, at either office or by video, and you leave with the fee for any work in writing.

You can make the first call and come to the meeting. The plan has to be your mother’s own, so we’ll spend part of the meeting with her alone.

Not necessarily. If he still understands what he’s signing, he may be able to sign. We’ll meet him and tell you honestly.

Someone organized, whom the family trusts, and ideally who lives within a few hours’ drive. It doesn’t have to be the oldest child.

Many families don’t. A trust helps most with property in two states, a blended family or an heir who needs help with money.

After a death, a marriage, a divorce, a move or a new grandchild, or every five years or so. A review is a short meeting.

For wills, trusts and Medicaid plans, one fee for the whole plan, quoted in writing before we start. Probate and guardianship are estimated at the first meeting.

No. Saturday mornings cost the same as weekdays.