Placing You in Control

The essence of Estate Planning allows you to own and manage your assets in the way that gives you the current control you want and the future transitions most beneficial to your intended recipients. Estate Planning is far more than creating a will.

My Estate Planning Articles

WA Estate Planning Guide (full article)

The following link is a sample POA I created that people can use as is or modify. I am specifically NOT creating an attorney client relationship with anyone just because someone uses this form. I am also not going to answer questions for non-clients about this or any form someone downloads from the internet.
A Sample POA

External Helpful Links

The Washington State Medical Association provides free advance directive forms, including both a Health Care Directive and Durable Power of Attorney for Health Care in pdf format, here.

The Washington State Bar Association publishes a series of 2-page consumer-information pamphlets on various legal topics. Written for the non-lawyer, these pamphlets are intended to educate citizens about basic aspects of Washington state laws. These pamphlets are designed for multi-sided printing so if you read them online you need to read the second page first. Of interest to the topic of estate planning are:

Attorney Richard Wills has a great website about all of the fundamentals involved in creating a will in Washington State. That website is here.