If you wish, we will gladly store one original for you. Should you require more than two original powers of attorney, please let us know before your appointment for signing these documents and we can prepare additional originals for you. We will provide you with copies of all documents that you sign. You should review the documents periodically to make sure they still reflect your wishes in light of any changes in your family or financial situation. If a change in any of the documents becomes necessary or advisable, please call your lawyer to discuss it.
Many married couples prepare their estate plans together.
While husbands and wives need not prepare their plans together, often there are tax and emotional reasons to do so. If both of you will be working together on your estate plans, please bear in mind that we can represent both of you only as long as there is no conflict between you. One of you might provide us with confidential information that you do not want us to share with the other. You each might have very different views regarding the distribution of your property among various family members and others. One of you might favor a trust for the other when outright distribution of your estate to your spouse might be what your spouse wants.