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- GuardianshipThese allow you to appoint someone you know and trust to make your personal health care and financial decisions even when you cannot. If you are incapacitated without these legal documents, then you and your family will be involved in a probate proceeding known as a guardianship and conservatorship. This is the court proceeding where a judge determines who should make these decisions for you under the ongoing supervision of the court.
- Limited Liability CompaniesScott C. Schultz, J.D., MBA, of Schultz & Associates Law Center, P.C., provides quality legal services in the areas of Estate Planning, Medicaid Planning, Asset Protection, and general Tax Planning. The firm concentrates in the area of asset preservation through the use of trusts, family limited partnerships and limited liability companies, irrevocable trusts, charitable planning, and other techniques designed to minimize the risk of losing personal and business assets.
- Personal InjurySelf-Settled Special Needs Trust: Generally created by a parent, grandparent or legal guardian using the child's assets to fund the Trust (e.g., when the child receives a settlement from a personal injury lawsuit and will require lifelong care). If assets remain in the Trust after the child’s death, a
- Medicaid PlanningSchultz & Associates Law Center, P.C. was founded as a general law practice in 1971 in Eugene, Oregon. Since 1985, we have focused our practice on providing quality legal services in the areas of estate planning, Medicaid planning, asset protection, general tax planning, and wealth transfer strategies.
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- WillsYour last will and testament is just one part of a comprehensive estate plan. If a person dies without a Will they are said to have died "intestate" and state laws will determine how and to whom the person's assets will be distributed. Some things you should know about wills...
- TrustsDepending on the situation, there may be many advantages to establishing a trust, including avoiding probate court. In most cases, assets owned in a revocable living trust will pass to the trust beneficiaries (or heirs) immediately upon the death of the trust-maker(s) with no probate required. Certain trusts also may result in tax advantages both for the trust-maker and the beneficiary. Or they may be used to protect property from creditors, or simply to provide for someone else to manage and invest property for the trust-maker(s) and the named beneficiaries. If well drafted, another advantage of trusts is their continuing effectiveness even if the trust-maker dies or becomes incapacitated.
- Power of AttorneySometimes called an Advance Medical Directive, a living will allows you to state your wishes in advance regarding what types of medical life support measures you prefer to have, or have withheld/withdrawn if you are in a terminal condition (without reasonable hope of recovery) and cannot express your wishes yourself. Oftentimes a living will is executed along with a Durable Power of Attorney for Health care, which gives someone legal authority to make your health care decisions when you are unable to do so yourself.
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- Tax LawSchultz & Associates Law Center, P.C. was founded as a general law practice in 1971 in Eugene, Oregon. Since 1985, we have focused our practice on providing quality legal services in the areas of estate planning, asset protection, general tax planning, and wealth transfer strategies.