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What is probate and why do people want to avoid it?
You may have heard people discuss probate and how horrible it is. But what in the world is probate? And why do people want to avoid it?
Protect Your Digital Assets the Easy Way
A few years ago it was fairly unusual to think of including digital assets in your estate plan. These days it is just too important to ignore. So much of our lives happen online. It is crucial to now consider these things when creating an estate plan. What is a...
7 Things To Do BEFORE Your Parent Goes To a Nursing Home
Taking care of these seven things before your parent goes to the nursing home will save you time, money, and heartache. The decision to go into a nursing home is rarely an easy one, but there are things you can do to make the transition is a little easier. In this...
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4 Things You May Not Know About POA’s
Some people get nervous when they think about signing a Power of Attorney. Maybe they saw a movie where a guy was swindled out of a fortune when he signed one. Maybe giving someone control over your affairs is unsettling to you. Whatever the case may be, Powers of...
The Myth of a “Simple” Will
"I just want a simple will." We hear this a lot. The people who say it generally assume they have a "regular" family with straightforward assets. They don't want to pay a lot for elaborate documents they don't understand. They just want a last will and testament. We...
What Is a Power of Attorney? Why Might You Need One?
Think of all the decisions you make in a week or a month -- how much money you spend, or save, whether you get your car fixed, whether you go to the doctor if you aren't feeling well. What will happen if you can't make those decisions for yourself? Someone will have...
3 Dangers of a Do-It-Yourself Power of Attorney
Completing a Power of Attorney document is one of the most impactful things you can do to lessen the burden of caregiving on your family and loved ones. A do-it-yourself Power of Attorney often misses the mark and can't accomplish what they are supposed to...
6 Reasons You Shouldn’t Treat Your Kids Equally
We have a common saying with our kids, "Fair doesn't mean equal." Many of us want equality to be synonymous with fairness -- maybe because it seems easier to make things equal than to navigate the complexity of fairness. But think about raising kids. Did you make sure...
Forget About The “Estate” And Just Do Planning
Estate Planning isn't just for people with estates... I talk a lot about "estate planning," whatever that means. It sounds like lawyer talk and often makes people's eyes glaze over. Well, I want you to forget about the estate and just call it planning, because that's...
Medicaid FAQ
Using a government benefit such as Medicaid is a fairly common way to pay for long-term care. According to AARP, 65% of nursing home residents use Medicaid to pay for their care. Unfortunately, there is a lot of misinformation out there, which makes this very...
Veterans Wall Dedication Ceremony
[av_textblock size='' font_color='' color=''] Twenty-six veterans and one veteran's widow were honored on November 29 at the dedication ceremony of the Edwards Group Veterans Wall. The wall was a collaborative effort between Attorney David Edwards and Benefits...
Halloween 2017
We ask clients to trust us with a lot of very personal information. As such, we tend to treat them like family and share our lives with them. Our annual Halloween costume pictures continue to be a big hit year after year. Here are the children of Edwards Group dressed...
Don’t Get Stuck With a Stupid Tax
Have you ever heard the phrase, "stupid tax"? I hate paying a stupid tax, because it's always something that could have been avoided. A few years ago my wife and I went with my parents to see an Illini basketball game in Champaign. After eating at the Ribeye on Neil...