Scott A. Makuakane, Counselor at Law, Est8Planning Counsel LLLC | Feb 1, 2016 | Articles, February - March 2016, Wisdoms
If you were to collapse unexpectedly, how aggressively would you want emergency medical personnel to act in trying to keep you alive? If you were a typical, healthy, individual, you would probably say, “do whatever it takes to keep me going, even if you have break a...
Scott A. Makuakane, Counselor at Law, Est8Planning Counsel LLLC | Dec 1, 2015 | Articles, December - January 2016, Wisdoms
You may have heard the old joke, “where there’s a will… I want to be in it.” That may be true, but effective estate planning covers much more than just “who gets my stuff.” When you sift through your own reasons for doing estate planning, you may find that naming who...
Scott A. Makuakane, Counselor at Law, Est8Planning Counsel LLLC | Apr 1, 2012 | Articles, Wisdoms
The humor behind the classic comedy routine, Who’s on first?, comes from the fact that the speakers are using identical terms to mean different things. Yet they both pretend not to recognize the problem. The language of estate planning can raise problems for the...
