Let Me First Say. . .
You’re Doing the Right Thing by Being Here!
Getting a trust in place for your family is easy to put off when you don’t know where to start, or which attorney will help guide you.
You may even be reading this well past midnight, as your mind wanders and concern builds about world events or what the future looks like for your family.
Odds are you are carrying the lion’s share of bottled-up anxiety for your entire family.
YOU CAN DO THIS and we can help.
– Rachael Repak
What Happens If I’m Not Ready?
Probate. Probate has a bad reputation, for good reason. Probate is the court proceeding that heirs must file when a loved-one dies – and it is CONFUSING and EXPENSIVE. This is when we resort to quickly hiring an attorney and regretting not hiring an estate planning attorney earlier.
Legal fees eat up inheritance. Probate is LONG. Loved ones can wait 12-24 months before having access to your funds. Probate court proceedings are PUBLIC. Anyone can see your assets and who gets them. Your assets may go to people you don’t want to inherit.
ABOUT YOU!
Are You Stuck?
You can’t predict the future, but you can plan for it – and take back some control.
Are You Ready?
If you’re here, you’re ready. Execution is a stumbling block. This is your time of life to bring your assets and family full circle.
Our 4-step plan is for everyone – single or married, young or retired, parents or empty-nesters, healthy or sick.
Have questions? You will and we’re ready to answer them! Do you think you’re too young for a will? Do you think your spouse will take over if you pass away, so there’s nothing to worry about? Is the expense of estate planning weighing on you?
Would you rather wait until a family member passes away to scramble under pressure, only then to find and hire a probate attorney? Let’s get ahead of it and start the conversation of PLANNING.
What About the Kids, Adult Dependants, Pets?
Without an estate plan, judge will decide who raises your minor children and dependents. A judge will decide who is in control of their money. Kids will get their inheritance “outright” at age 18. Your spouse could remarry and cause your assets to go to someone other than your kids. Kids could lose their inheritance if they divorce or spend unwisely.
There are so many risks to NOT having an estate plan.
ABOUT ME
Rachael Repak, Esq.
Estate Attorney in Chevy Chase, Maryland
I’m a worried parent. I’m the daughter of parents whose assets I will eventually have to probate, in part. I’m the granddaughter of grandparents who recently passed with no estate plan in place. I’m the friend and daughter-in-law and business partner to people I want cared for as they age.
Years ago, I put off creating my own revokable living trust and estate plan – but one day, something flipped. Shortly after I had my first child, I hired estate counsel I found by referral and muddled through a process that was anything but easy. While I breathed a sigh of relief to have checked the “to-do” off my list, the process had not gone smoothly even for me as an attorney with knowledgebase. As I moved on and into a career of real estate ventures, foreclosures, commercial management, business development – I knew that estate planning could be done better.
My ‘mom’ alarm bells went off again when Covid made me again keenly aware of our mortality – and I resolved to help others ease their worries too. It also became apparent my trusts needed revising, as maybe yours do too!
Have you married, had kids, bought property, separated, created a business, taken partners, seen asset growth, increased your property’s value or witnessed probate in action? This is YOUR time of life to take stock … and start with the webinar.
Catholic University, Columbus School of Law, JD
Boston University, BS
*Maryland and DC-barred attorney since 2001
