Estate planning is about much more than determining what will happen to your assets after you pass away. It’s also crucial to plan for medical emergencies. In fact, designating financial and health care powers of attorney (POA) should be an essential component of any estate plan. A POA gives someone the legal right to act on your behalf. These documents also outline the specific type of decisions the designated agent can undertake and sometimes detail a single event. For example, if you become incapacitated, designating financial power of attorney will allow someone you choose to handle your finances on your behalf, while a health care power of attorney grants someone the right to make decisions about your medical treatment. Before designating an agent, consider whom you trust with your money and health. Some people might select the same family member to be their financial and health care agents, but others could choose separate individuals. Each situation is different, and you know what’s best for you. While a relative who cares deeply about your well-being may be an ideal health care agent, this person might make a terrible financial agent if they can’t balance a checkbook. Each state has methods for determining who will make decisions for an incapacitated person when they do not have a predesignated power of attorney. But the process is less than ideal. Having to hash out who should be your representative can cause strife within your family when they need each other the most. Further, an incapacitated person no longer has the ability or right to determine who will take on these crucial responsibilities and make monumental decisions about their care, finances, and life. Creating power of attorney documents while you are of sound mind gives you some measure of control over your future. Fortunately, many POA designations will never take effect, but if the worst happens, you’ll be better off having a power of attorney in place. COMFORT IN AN EMERGENCY WHY YOU NEED A POWER OF ATTORNEY
NO NONSENSE, NO PROBLEM How Our Attorney, Omid, Gets Desirable Results
When you hire an attorney for any legal need, you want someone who will be honest and straightforward about your situation. You don’t want someone who is going to beat around the bush and string you along as you wait to get everything figured out, especially when it comes to estate planning. When we interviewed Omid for our open attorney position at the end of last year, we immediately knew he would be an excellent fit for our firm and clients. Omid first grew interested in the legal field through political ambition. He knew many politicians started as lawyers and felt he could help and learn more about people through a legal career. After graduating from law school, Omid worked at a firm where he handled business litigation and consumer law cases for a year. While there, he discovered trust administration and fell in love with the idea of helping clients plan for the future.
Before long, he joined a different law firm where he could focus on trust and estate litigation matters. While there, he gained vast experience looking over trust documents and finding holes in other attorneys’ drafts. Now that Omid has joined our team, he’s putting his expertise to work and loving every minute of it. He finds great satisfaction in helping people plan their estates. He knows there can be a lot of fear in the unknown and wants to help his clients with that fear by explaining the process in an easy-to-understand manner. More than anything, Omid wants you to feel comfortable about your plan and the future. Omid works diligently to understand your needs, wishes, and concerns. He wants to cover all of your bases with the plan he creates and will leave no stone unturned.
month for the past 10 years and has dreams of sailing in the Caribbean or making a major voyage from California to Hawaii. For now, his favorite adventure is sailing out to Catalina Island. We’re so happy to have Omid on our team, and we can’t wait to see the difference he makes in our clients’ lives.
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