You already understand the importance of signing a durable financial power of attorney. You know that you need advance health care directives, including a health care power of attorney. But have you thought about the importance of selecting your agents...

We occasionally get asked about "gun trusts." Does everyone who owns a firearm need to think about setting up a gun trust? Or is this something only gun dealers need to worry about? - For most casual firearm owners,

Springing vs. surviving durable financial powers of attorney: what's the difference? Which is better? - A "springing" power of attorney becomes effective only when the signer becomes incapacitated -- lawyers talk about it "springing" into existence.

We're lucky to count Prof. Gerry Beyer among our good friends. He's the Governor Preston E. Smith Regents Professor of Law at Texas Tech University College of Law. You can imagine that his business cards must be larger than usual -- and that's before h...

Everyone wants a "simple" estate plan. But many have complicated notions about distribution of assets. We want to help you simplify your estate plan. - We see many clients with fixed ideas about which assets should go to which beneficiaries.

Arizona is one of the forward-thinking states authorizing some sort of electronic signing of wills. So what is the status of electronic wills in the era of coronavirus concerns? - Turns out it's not yet ready for the real world.

Like you, we are trying to stay ahead of the developing pandemic. As we explain in this COVID-19 update, we want to continue to provide services to our clients, trust beneficiaries and wards. Some of those services are essential; all of them are import...

When should your trust include spendthrift trust provisions? Are they only for spendthrifts, or only for "special needs" beneficiaries? - In this podcast episode, Tucson elder law attorneys Robert B. Fleming and Elizabeth Noble Rollings Friman discuss...

Public and private offices all across the country are responding to the COVID-19 pandemic. Law offices are no different. But at Fleming & Curti, PLC, we are a little bit different. We have some additional considerations to cope with in deciding how to ...

One of the most challenging jobs for a successor trustee or personal representative of an estate: dividing personal property among the beneficiaries or heirs. If you're in charge of administering an estate,