Category: Legal Notes
Tying Up Loose Ends – Advance Directive and Power of Attorney
The Advance Directive and Durable General Power of Attorney are two basic documents that are very helpful to have and save families expenses and delays when using them.
Special Powers of Attorney
Special powers of attorney (SPOA) are different from durable general powers of attorney.
Funding Your Trust: Other Assets
by Sheryll Bonilla, Esq. In our last article, we looked at funding your trust as it relates to real estate. This article discusses other types [Read More…]
Funding the Trust: Retirement Accounts and Real Estate
by Sheryll Bonilla, Esq. For a trust to work as a way to avoid probate, the trust has to be funded. This means that assets [Read More…]
Everyone Keeps Saying I Need A Trust? Why Do I Need One?
by Sheryll Bonilla, Esq. Trusts are used to avoid probate after a property owner dies. A settlor is a person who creates a trust for [Read More…]
Understanding Wills – Part 2
by Sheryll Bonilla, Esq. In this article, we continue with commonly asked questions about Wills. What is the purpose of a Will?A Will does two [Read More…]
Understanding Wills
by Sheryll Bonilla, Esq. A will is a document containing the directions a person has for who gets what property the person owned while alive. [Read More…]
Estate Planning Documents: Power of Attorney
by Sheryll Bonilla, Esq. A power of attorney is authority granted under the Hawaii Uniform Power of Attorney Act, H.R.S. Chapter 551D. It is a [Read More…]
Keep A Paper Trail
by Sheryll Bonilla, Esq. My daughter likes to listen to Bloomberg News, so while we drove, she put on a podcast explaining cryptocurrency. I listened [Read More…]
Preparing For Your Passing – Part 1
by Sheryll Bonilla, Esq. As of January 4, 2023, there has been 1,102,275 COVID deaths. The pandemic taught many people that they had to stop [Read More…]
