Colorado Estate Planning Attorney

Meurer & Potter Law Office wants to be your Veterans’ Aid and Attendance Benefit Advice Center in Denver. If there is a chance that you qualify for Veterans’ Aid and Attendance benefits, we will help you 100% to get the benefits due to you. We will get necessary information, file paperwork, and give you Veterans’…

In many cases, if you do not have a health care power of attorney in place, you have no control as to who makes your medical decisions for you if you are incapacitated or otherwise incapable of making those decisions.  But by formally assigning someone power of attorney over your health care, you can be sure…

 A durable power of attorney is a relatively easy and inexpensive way to allow another person to handle your legal and financial affairs should you become incapacitated. It allows you to transfer decision-making power without disrupting your estate plan. There are benefits to having a lawyer draft a durable power of attorney. A qualified attorney…

The thought of giving someone else the authority to make financial decisions on your behalf can be daunting. The idea of a power of attorney – a legal document that allows someone to conduct business on your behalf – might make you nervous. There are some good reasons to consider a power of attorney. The…

The subject of estate tax is a complicated and weighty one.  You work hard to put something away for your loved ones and you’d like to know it’s going to them, not being filtered off by estate taxes.    A lot of people may believe that hiring an Estate Tax Attorney is only for the very…

Everyone wants to think that the money that they have put away for their family to inherit when they pass will smoothly go, with no complications, directly to their loved ones, but unless you find a way to avoid estate taxes, the people you leave behind will not be getting all that you have set…

When you get to the point in life that you need to use Medicaid for your healthcare, you won’t want to be ineligible because of assets such as your home, savings and life insurance policies. Medicaid is only available to people on a limited income. While your income may be limited in the future, your…

A living trust is an integral part of a well-rounded estate plan. Forming a living trust allows you to protect your assets so more can be passed along to your heirs. A living trust is also a way to keep your heirs from having to deal with unnecessary probate proceedings after you are gone. An…

Many people think they don’t need an estate plan because they feel that their estate is not big enough to need expert planning.  A middle class family with a home, two cars, and a retirement and savings account, is a perfect candidate for an estate plan.  Assets pile up surprisingly fast. A good estate plan…

The Living Trust has grown progressively common as a substitute for Wills in Estate Planning.  A Revocable Living Trust has many advantages over a Will including avoiding the court process of Probate, avoiding guardianship, maintaining liquidity, and preserving your family privacy. A living trust attorney can help you decide what option is right for you.…