When I sit down with a family member, with an individual or a couple, I want to start by identifying their assets and I want to make a list of their assets. Generally, I ask them to make a list of assets before they come in. They will list out their home, if they own one, a car, bank accounts, things that they’ve accumulated over their life with their hard work. What is your list of hard-earned money and property?

The reason I want to do that is it, number one, informs me as the attorney of what we’re dealing with. Number two, it gets them thinking. One the ways that I obtain clarity on any subject is to write things out. As they’re writing it down, I guarantee you, as you do that, you will start to think about those assets and the people or charitable organizations you want to receive them. A will is designed to help you pass your property on after you pass away. A will has no power while you’re alive and only has power after you pass away.

So first, we want to list those assets. Then, we want to identify the people who will receive those assets and your goals. In my experience, just the process of listing the assets will get you 75% of the way toward identifying your goals and what you want to do with those assets. Then I want you to shift your focus just on the goals and go the rest of that 25%. Identify and clarify and write down the people who receive those assets and your goals.

Is your goal to spend every dime you have during the rest of your life taking a cruise? Drive across the country in an RV? Those are valid goals. Maybe it’s to leave a long-term legacy to your family. Maybe it’s to send a grandchild to college. Maybe it’s just split assets evenly among your children. There might be a home that’s been in your family for years and you want to make sure that it stays in your family and is preserved. Wills can be great vehicles to allow you to accomplish those goals. Even trusts can be created within a will. These are called Testamentary Trusts.

Let’s dive into the technical aspect of writing a will. And I would caution you, I always seek professional advice before I take on tasks that are outside of my area that I practice. I had a transmission go out in my car not too long ago. I did not jack the car up in the backyard and try to change that transmission because I don’t work on transmissions. I don’t know anything about transmissions. I know the general idea of what they are, but for me to get in there and break one open or fix one or replace one in my car, a newer car, I think would be foolish on my behalf. I took the car to a mechanic’s shop that’s just worked on transmissions and I had them fix the problem. Same principle applies here. When you’re writing a will, you’re really going into an area that’s complicated law and I would recommend that you seek the advice of a reputable estate planning and/or elder law attorney to assist you in doing so or to interpret what you want, work with you, and write that will for you to make sure that it’s legal and valid under the laws of the state in which you live.

Right now, we’re in North Carolina. I’m an attorney in North Carolina. If I wrote your will, it would be for a resident of North Carolina and it would comply with North Carolina law.

When I hear people ask me, and they do all the time, “Hey, Greg, I just want a simple will. I just want a one to two page simple will.” That is somewhat of an oxymoron. There is no such thing as a simple will. The shorter you probably make your will, the more complicated you make the life of your executor and your heirs because you may be ignoring items that are necessary to place in the will for legal reasons. You want your will to be self-proving.

So let’s go through the nuts and bolts of a will and the parts of a will. When I start writing a will, we want to say, okay, we want to cancel any prior wills or codicils. We do that because I don’t want you to have multiple active wills at one time. It’s my recommendation that if you write a new will, that you dispose of the old will. Throw it away, burn it in a fire, rip it up, shred it, because I would hate for someone to find both your new will and your old will, and maybe decide to toss the new will because the other one was more favorable to them. So think about that when you’re writing a new will and dispose of the old will. Make sure the new will clearly states that it disposes of any prior wills or codicils.

Second, I want to identify if there’s any person that I want to cut out of my will. And I’m a big fan of telling plainly, stating plainly in the will, “This person will not partake in my will, is disinherited from my will.” That way, there’s no question that that was your intention. I usually do that in a section where I identify all direct family members as well. So a short biographical section that identifies family members, heirs, beneficiaries that would take under a will or trust.

Then I want to identify my executor. So you want to list and think about who will be your executor. The word executor derives from the word execute or is a variation on the word execute. That’s what they do. They execute your will. An executor doesn’t have free will. An executor can’t go off and do whatever they want to do, although you should appoint a trusted person. Many times that’s a close family member, maybe a spouse or a child or a trusted grandchild. Sometimes it can be an attorney. And I serve in that role from time to time if people need me to, although I don’t jump at the chance to do that.

Your executor simply carries out your wishes under the watchful eye of the clerks at the courthouse and the court process. They have to approve everything that the executor does and make sure it complies with your will and your wishes.

After I’ve identified the executor, I want to search and think long and hard if there is someone else who could be a backup, who can be a substitute? If I go on the road with a basketball team, I’m not going to just take five players with me. I’m going to take 10 because I’m going to have subs to come in in case somebody gets hurt or fouls out of the game. I’m not going to just play with four players or three players. I want that will to be the same thing and I want it to last the rest of your life. So we want to have a substitute, it could be one, it could be two, that are available to come in and play the role as the primary executor if, heaven forbid, something happens to that primary executor and they can’t serve in that role prior to your passing.

Then I really want to break out that list of assets and connect it to that list of family members and heirs that comply with my goals of what I want to do, or charitable organizations, churches. It’s kind of like one of these tests you take where there’s a list of one side and a list on the other and I match up the ones that match. I draw a line. I’d love to see that thought process.

And that’s what we do when we sit down in a consult. I want my home to go to my three children equally and I want to list that out in the will. I want to state that clearly for direct distribution, specific distributions to people. I want my cars to go to my spouse, my house to go to my spouse, everything to go to my spouse. Maybe I want to give 10% to my church. You need to state that clearly as a specific distribution.

So if I’m giving everything to one person or specific things to one person, same thing here, what happens if that person predeceases me? If that person dies before I do or simultaneously with me, to whom does that asset go, or all the assets? Maybe I want to say everything to my spouse first, and then if my spouse predeceases me, everything equally to my children. I want to account for those things. I want to state those things in my will.

And then I will tell you, in my head, I’m running through our wills, and we have multiple sections. We will have what’s called a residuary. The residuary is, as I like to call it, the trash can or clean-up clause. It’s after all the specific distributions are given, what happens to anything else that we didn’t specifically describe? What if there were some other assets we forgot about that pop up that needed to be transferred? The residuary cleans that up. It might say, “Hey, anything else that’s left over to my spouse if she survives me. And then in the alternative, if she predeceases, to my children equally.”

Then I will have multiple other sections. I have a definition section in our wills that define all the legal terms we use. We do that so not only the client knows what the terms mean, but it’s less about that and more so the courts and any attorneys that might be involved in the probate of that will know what the terms mean. We don’t want another attorney coming in and arguing or questioning what we mean by the terms we use. We want to make sure that we give powers to the executor, kind of like a power of attorney, but after you pass away, to do anything with the money and property that you had during your life to get it where it needs to go under your will.

And I like an administrative section that tells the clerks and the courts how to set up the will. For instance, does your executor need to post a bond to cover all the assets in your state, or do you trust that person and you wave bond right in the will?

And last but not least, and where I see people make the most mistakes and where wills are rejected from the courts as non-probatable, they can’t go through that probate process to pass assets because they weren’t witnessed and signed correctly. To be a valid will in North Carolina it should be witnessed by two witnesses. Those witnesses need to be disinterested parties. That means they can’t be heirs or beneficiaries that take under the will.

So I’ve seen horror stories firsthand where people cut themselves out of the will because they witnessed a will. You can’t recover if you’re witness. You can’t take under a will if your witness.

And then last but not least, of course the testator, the person writing the will, needs to sign the will in front of the witnesses. But to be self-proving, all our wills are self-proving, they have attached a self-proving affidavit. To be self-proving so that at the time the will is probated through the courts if you pass, the witnesses don’t have to be called in or sign affidavits at that time, because what happens if your witnesses predecease you? This would present a situation where the will may be unable to pass through probate and pass assets. In order for a will to be self-proving, it has to have certain language within the self-proving affidavit that has to be properly witnessed and notarized.

The testator, the person making the will name, and the two witnesses’ names need to be notarized by a notary public officially. In addition, it has to have self-proving language that the person is of sound mind and body, over the age of 18, and executing their wishes.

I would caution you, again, wills are complicated. There is no such thing as a simple will. So be careful. Proceed with caution in this area, but certainly give it the right amount of thought. And it starts with those lists, assets, the people you want to inherit those assets, and goals, which I think those are akin to the same thing, the goals and the people you want to receive those assets. Match those up and you’ll be well on your way to writing your will and to working with a professional and estate planning or elder law attorney to make that a reality and put a tailored plan into play.

If we can help you or your family write a will, please give us a call, 704-749-9244, or go online to mcelderlaw.com. Right now, I’m offering free consultations to meet with you and your family to write your wills and put in play your estate plan. That’s about a $300 value for an hour or more of our time to freely sit with you and discuss with a professional estate planning elder law attorney and get really clear on how to take care of your hard-earned money and property and create your legacy for your family, your children and grandchildren. You can also schedule that free consult right online at mcelderlaw.com.

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Attorney, Brenton S. Begley, wanted to build a quick answer section onto our website which we are sure will quickly become one of our most frequented pages. We thought it also important to put out this important information to our readers and clients as it is a great summary to some of the most frequently asked legal questions in our estate planning and elder law practice.

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Quick Answers:

What is a Ladybird Deed?

A ladybird deed is designed to protect your home and surrounding property. It’s quite simply a new deed for your property that allows you to protect the property from Medicaid Estate Recovery and avoid probate without violating the lookback period. The ladybird deed does this by allowing you to assign beneficiaries to your property. You get the protection without giving up control or ability to sell your property all with one special tool, the ladybird deed.

Can Medicaid take my property?

Yes. Medicaid can take property through a process called Medicaid Estate Recovery. This means that Medicaid can recover whatever they’ve paid out for long term from a Medicaid Recipient’s estate. Luckily, Medicaid is limited to recovering from people’s estate ONLY if their estate goes through probate. Avoid probate and avoid Medicaid recovery.

What is the Lookback Period and why does it matter?

The lookback period is the period in which Medicaid will retroactively review of the financial activity of a long-term care applicant. Specifically, Medicaid is “looking back” at whether or not the applicant gave anything away to either lower their asset threshold (a gift) or remove an asset from possible estate recovery. If a gift has been given within the lookback period, and cannot be cured, then the applicant is penalized—meaning, they will not qualify for Medicaid until they’ve paid the facility an amount roughly commensurate with the value of the gift. The lookback period is three years for assisted living and five years for skilled nursing level care.

How can I pay for Long Term Care?

There are a few options: 1. You can pay out of pocket; 2. You can utilize long-term care insurance; or 3. You can qualify for a benefit through Medicaid or the VA to pay the cost of care. Out of pocket pay is the most costly for you and your family because of the incredible cost of long term care ($5k to $10k per month on average). Long term care insurance may be a good investment. However, you’d have to qualify for it long before the need for long term care. Additionally, some long term care insurance policies have expensive and impractical premiums. Lastly, you can utilize Medicaid or VA benefits to pay for long term care. These benefits can cover the cost of long-term care with little to no money out of pocket.

What is a trust?

The best way to think about a trust is that it’s essentially a pot where you can put your assets. Putting your assets into a trust consolidates your assets into one place. This allows you to quickly protect your assets if needed and also allows you to avoid probate in the future. Trusts are flexible tools that can be set up in many ways. Their basic function is to hold assets and determine what happen to those assets when the maker of the trust dies (just like a last will and testament).

What’s the difference between Guardianship and Power of Attorney?

Power of Attorney is a power granted by an individual (the “Principal”) to appoint an agent to act on the Principal’s behalf. The agent’s powers are governed by the power of attorney document. The agent can only act as the principal wishes and must not act against their wishes. An individual must be competent to execute a power of attorney.

Guardianship is only available if an individual is incompetent and, therefore, unable to make decisions on their own behalf. The Guardian is appointed by the court to act on behalf of the incompetent individual (the “Ward”) only after the court has found by clear and convincing evidence that the person in question is, in fact, incompetent. A Guardian can act against the wishes of the Ward as long as they act in the Ward’s best interest.

What is probate and why should I avoid it?

Probate is the default process by which title to a decedent’s assets pass to his or her heirs. The probate process is monitored by and handled through the court. The court requires filings such as an inventory of the decedent’s assets and an accounting of the estate, which are regulated by rigid and strict laws.  As such, the process can be complicated and can take anywhere from six months to two years to finish.  Moreover, all the creditors of the decedent must be notified through the probate process e.g.  medical creditors, the nursing home, and Medicaid. Probate is the creditors’ opportunity to go after the assets of the estate before the heirs get their share.

If you avoid probate, you avoid the long, tedious, and expensive hassle. You also avoid the chance for creditors to deplete the estate and take your loved ones’ inheritance.

What is the difference between a revocable trust and irrevocable trust?

The difference comes down to protection and control.

Control: in a revocable trust, the person who makes the trust is the person who controls the trust (the trustee). For a trust to truly be irrevocable, the person or persons who created the trust cannot be the trustee. An individual creating an irrevocable trust must pick someone other than themselves or their spouse to be trustee. The best way to think about an irrevocable trust is: the person who makes the trust sets the rules of the game but once the game begins, the rules cannot be changed.

Protection: a revocable trust provides protection for assets by allowing the trust maker to. avoid the probate process entirely. An irrevocable trust provides a larger measure of protection by also removing the assets from the trust maker’s name. This can help individuals qualify for benefits like Medicaid, preserve assets, and avoid taxes.

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Yes, you read that title right. The late Elmer Fudd would be proud. While Elmer would certainly urge your silence, I would offer that your voice should not go unheard!

So, how do you ensure your voice is heard? One very straight forward way is to execute a Last Will and Testament.

A Last Will and Testament is a legal document that communicates a person’s final wishes. A person can direct how their real and personal property is to be distributed in the event of their untimely demise. For those of us with minor children, a Will is also a place where you can name another person (or people) to act as guardian in the event that both parents pass away before the children reach the age of majority.

Well, what happens if I don’t make a Will? Great question and I’m glad you asked. In the event that a person passes away without a Will, otherwise known as dying “intestate,” that person’s property will be distributed in accordance with the laws of intestate succession. These are a set of laws, established by the State Legislature, that act as a default set of rules in the absence of a Will. Both real and personal property will be distributed in accordance with the relevant statutes that fit the factual circumstances surrounding the decedent’s estate.

I have always learned best by example. Let’s take a closer look at a common situation where the absence of a will has a significant effect on property interests.

Example

Betty and Margaret are two lifelong friends. Betty is married with two adult children. Margaret is widowed and has five adult children. Betty and Margaret are co-owners, each with a 50% ownership interest as tenants in common, of a small piece of real estate that they bought together. Margaret dies suddenly without a will, leaving only her five adult children behind. What happens to that small piece of real estate that Betty and Margaret bought together?

Analysis

In short, Betty’s interest remains unaffected. She retains the same 50% interest in the property that she had prior to Margaret’s death. However, Margaret’s interest, in the absence of a Will, is distributed to her heirs at law. In this case, Margaret’s 50% property interest would be divided evenly between her five adult children. In other words, each adult child would acquire a 1/5 interest of Margaret’s original 50% interest, in the real property as tenants in common. As a result, there would now be six co-owners of the small piece of real estate originally purchased by Betty and Margaret.

Afterthoughts

Was this the intended outcome?  Now that there are considerably more owners, what happens if there is a disagreement between the co-owners on what to do with the property? What if one of the five adult children want to sell the lot or build a house on the property contrary to everyone else’s position? What if one or more of the adult children predeceased Margaret? Furthermore, if one or more of Margaret’s children predecease her, how did their respective estate plans direct their assets, if at all? If Betty files for divorce from her husband, would her interest be subject to equitable distribution? Who is responsible for paying annual taxes, necessary upkeep, and maintenance? How easy is it to identify the current owners?

There are countless “what-if” scenarios that could apply and it is easy to see how easily things can spiral out of control. Ultimately, the question remains: Could this all have been avoided?

The answer is YES. If Margaret had executed a valid Last Will and Testament during her lifetime, she could have directed the property to pass according to her wishes. For instance, she could have directed her ownership to a single person of her choosing. Alternatively, she could have granted Betty what is called a “right of first refusal,” giving Betty a choice on whether to buy out Margaret’s interest upon her death. There are a multitude of ways that Margaret could have simplified the process. Nevertheless, absent a valid Will, distribution of Margaret’s property interest was out of her control.

The following are some other common scenarios that can prove to be problematic when someone passes away without a Will:

• The decedent was separated from a spouse but not divorced
• There is an illegitimate child of a deceased father
• The decedent owned an interest in a functioning business with another non-family member
• Assets going to a special-needs individual
• Situations involving minor children

Let us help you avoid leaving a tangled web. The professionals at McIntyre Elder Law can assist not only with drafting a Last Will and Testament but with all your estate planning needs. Call us at 704-749-9244 or visit us at mcelderlaw.com and book your free consult today!

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So I’m writing an article on being a dad, on one day; being a grandfather. I’m getting a little choked up. I’m getting a little in my feelings because I’m not always the best dad, father or husband. I don’t know that I’ll be the best grandfather. I mean, I love my children. I have one in college. He’s doing well. He’s going to go to law school. I love my little girls. But I work too much. There’s too much to pay for. There’s too much to do. There’s too little time. But I bet you one thing, I have a binder in front of me labelled the McIntyre Estate Plan and I will leave a legacy for my children and grandchildren. I will not leave them to pick up the pieces of my mess and my life.

I’ve seen properties that, when people passed away, that were splintered into a million pieces among heirs because the person neglected to direct where their home went. So it went to their brothers, their sisters, and people who had already passed away. It leaves a mess. I’m too busy in my life right now, I promise you, and I miss my kids and I love them, and I wish I could stay at home with them more, but I will not leave them a mess to clean up because I was negligent and I didn’t do my duty as a father or as a grandfather or as a parent or grandparent and get my affairs in order.

My wife sat me down a few years ago and made me slow down and stop. She said, “Greg, the cobbler has no shoes. You have to sit down and you have to help. You have to slow down and plan. Let’s sit down with one of our attorneys  and let’s do an estate plan.” So, Brenton Begley, he’s a really, really sharp guy, sat down with me and Stef and we did our estate plan, we got our affairs in order. That’s where this binder comes from, it holds the deeds to properties, it holds our foundation, our work, our general durable power of attorney healthcare, power of attorney living will, and will. It holds trusts for the kids, testamentary trusts, that makes sure that a trustee is appointed even if something happened to Stef and me both at the same time. And the kids can still go to school, can still go to college, and that they don’t get cursed with a large amount of money at a young age.

Yeah, I might work too much, I might not be home as much as I should, I might not get to spend as much time with my kids as I would like, but I bet you I won’t leave them in a mess. I’ll do my duty to plan and to take care of my legacy for my children and grandchildren because those things matter, and they matter to me. If they matter to you, give us a call (704) 749-9244. I’m offering free consults right now to sit down and help you plan your legacy and take care of your family. Or you can go online and schedule your free consultation today at mcelderlaw.com. Thank you so much. Have a great day. I’m going to get back to it. I’m going to call my wife.

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Ego… People don’t plan because their egos get in the way. The dictionary definition of ego is a person’s sense of self-esteem or importance. It’s the part of us that we build up over time to protect us from fears and dangers that our true selves don’t deal with directly. So we develop this ego. The ego doesn’t think. It runs on autopilot. It can take over and run you if you let it.

Planning requires introspection. It requires taking a look at ourselves, our lives, our families. Planning requires us to look at the good, bad and the ugly of our lives. Many of us are protected too much by our egos to get that vulnerable. To take a realistic look at your life takes courage. To get vulnerable and discuss financial wealth with an attorney would require a removal of that protective ego to lay everything out on the table. True planning works that way, though. The best planning comes from a total honest and reflective look at the person, their desires, their savings and their family. It requires one to get in touch with their feelings. What do you feel? What do you want? This can be hard for some people. This can be hard for most people. When we drop the ego we become vulnerable and can engage in true planning because we see ourselves and others through an unclouded lense. We hear our true selves.

The planning I do, like in depth estate planning, works best when my clients trust me. Really, that is the only way it works. The more real and vulnerable I am, the more real and vulnerable they are willing to be and the better, more true and real plans we can create. I have worked for years to plan my life, my business, my family and I fail miserably lots of the time. It is from these failures that I learn. That I apply those lessons to my own life and convey those lessons to my clients. There was one time I thought it would be a brilliant idea to create a virtual estate planning platform. I spent tens of thousands of dollars on it. The project sits unfinished and I realized the platform would compete against our brick and mortar offices. I did, however, learn a ton from that project. I still use bits and pieces of that project in other ways today at our firm. It is through trial and error and learning and growing that we make progress. I share all my failures with client if appropriate and relates to the subject at hand so the clients won’t have to make the same mistakes. I have seen what works and doesn’t work with thousands of clients through handling their estate plans and probate estates. Ultimately, I (…and my ego) take pride in the fact we have saved literally hundreds of millions of dollars for clients over the years. I have experience with being vulnerable. I have sobbed my eyes out reading a poem on Facebook to all of our followers before. Talk about setting aside your ego. It would satisfy my soul if at the end of my journey a crowd of people might gather and say, “Greg was a great guide.” That is what I want to be, a guide… a guide that helps you navigate life and your estate planning journey for the betterment of you and your legacy. Call me if I can help at 704-749-9244 or reach us online at mcelderlaw.com.

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So, you’ve inherited some property and want to sell. Unfortunately, there’s at least one other owner and they either refuse to let go of the property or they are dragging their feet. If you and the other owner or owners cannot agree, there’s a solution: partition. 

People have been fighting over what to do with property as long as people have owned property. Because of people’s inherit propensity to disagree, the legal remedy of partition has been utilized for generations as a resolution to disputes among owners. Essentially a partition is simply one or more of the owners exercising their right to hold the interest separate from the other owners.

            What is a Partition?

There are two types of partitions partition in kind and sale in lieu of partition. Courts favor a partition in kind if it is available. A partition in kind means that the property in question is physically split into multiple parts and distributed to each co-owner. For example, let’s say there’s a 100-acre tract of land owned by person A and Person B. Person A wants to sell but person B refuses. So, person A petitions the court for a partition. The court would likely split the land into two 50-acre tracts and give them to person A and B respectively. Now person A is free to sell her part.

Even though a partition in kind is favored, there are many instances where this type of partition could materially injure one or more of the owners. For example, if the land cannot be split equally because of the physical nature of the property or if the property in question is just a house on a less than 1-acre lot. In these situations, a sale in lieu of partition is more appropriate.

If the property is sold in lieu of actual partition, the proceeds of the sale of the property are split among the owners of the property based on their ownership interest. So, if someone owns 10% of property, they will be entitled to 10% of the proceeds of the sale, with one small caveat.

Costs

When it comes to forcing the sale of property, the subject of cost will inevitably arise because, usually, one of the owners has kept up the property up to the point of the partition. For example, all owners of the property are liable for the property taxes. The property taxes must still be paid, even if one owner refuses to chip in their fair share. This, many times, results in one owner bearing the costs for the others. This unfairness tends to incentivize partition of the property, so that the responsible owner is not punished. The partition fixes the issue going forward, but what about the money that’s been paid up to that point?

Thankfully, the courts have recognized that one or more of the parties may have had to pay more than their share of costs for the property. Thus, the law in North Carolina allows for an owner to recover costs they’ve paid to maintain the property through the partition process. Although, the owner must be able to prove such payment through appropriate documentation.

Conclusion

If you are in the position where you own property with another and you cannot come to an agreement on what to do with or how to pay for the property, a partition may be right for you. Let the experienced attorneys at McIntyre Elder Law help. Call (704) 259-7040.

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