Probate and Estate Administration Archives - Polaris Estate Planning and Elder Law

What is Probate Court and Should You Really Avoid It?

Probate court gets a bad rap. If you’ve been reading about estate planning, you’ve no doubt encountered the raft of articles warning you of how bad the process can get. The fees will eat you alive, they say; the process is worse than sorting grains of rice, they exclaim; you’re

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Holiday Conversation Starters: Why You Need to Talk About Estate Planning This Year

Nobody relishes the idea of talking about estate planning and yet if you want to maintain a healthy relationship with your loved ones now and long after you’re gone, it’s something you need to do. This year, when your family gathers to celebrate Thanksgiving and Christmas, let them in on

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Starting a Business: The Crucial Protective Measure Most Entrepreneurs Overlook

More US adults are starting a business than ever before. According to the United States Census Bureau, 2020 saw a record 4.4 million new business applications filed. In 2021, this number jumped to 5.4 million—up 53% from pre-pandemic levels—and in 2022 the trend shows no sign of slowing. The entrepreneurial

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Living Your Best Afterlife: How to Protect Your Family After You’re Gone

With Halloween on the horizon and ghosts and ghouls decorating the streets, we can’t help but think about the afterlife. One day, we’ll all be six feet under and while the zombies in the storefronts might indicate otherwise, we probably won’t be periodically resurrected to check in on everyone—and even

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What Taylor Swift Can Teach You About Getting Your Affairs in Order

Taylor Swift probably wasn’t thinking about estate planning when she wrote, “words, how little they mean when you're a little too late,” and yet the lyric applies to financial affairs just as well as to affairs of the heart. Love letters and letters of intent (alongside all other estate planning

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