"When should I start estate planning?"
Maintain Your
Financial Independence
Estate planning is about protecting what matters most to you in the event you pass on or become incapacitated. For many, this means providing appropriately for their family, their autonomy, and the financial foundation they worked so hard to achieve.
Protect Your
Loved Ones
Have a family member with special needs? A child who may need extra guidance should they receive an inheritance? Want to protect your assets along with your loved ones? Trusts are designed to have separate legal identities from the grantor, the trustee, and the beneficiary, they offer more flexible ways of managing, distributing, and protecting your family’s assets than a will can accomplish alone.
About Marcus Seiter
For more than 20 years, I’ve helped my clients formulate solid plans to preserve their legacies. As a graduate of ASU and Arizona Summit Law School (summa cum laude), as well as a former US Marine Corp Reservist, I am proud to serve the East Valley and beyond as a small business owner who is active in our local community.
CLIENT REVIEWS
Being There for Your Partner Beyond Your Lifetime
Few things are as devastating to imagine as the death of a loving partner. Worse still may be the anguish of picturing the pain your partner will suffer living without you. But as difficult as it is to think about such deep losses, it’s even more challenging, for some couples, to broach the subject directly. Often it comes down to simply not having the language to describe something so emotionally charged. >> READ MORE
Being There for Your Partner Beyond Your Lifetime
Few things are as devastating to imagine as the death of a loving partner. Worse still may be the anguish of picturing the pain your partner will suffer living without you. But as difficult as it is to think about such deep losses, it’s even more challenging, for some couples, to broach the subject directly. Often it comes down to simply not having the language to describe something so emotionally charged. >> READ MORE
Being There for Your Partner Beyond Your Lifetime
Few things are as devastating to imagine as the death of a loving partner. Worse still may be the anguish of picturing the pain your partner will suffer living without you. But as difficult as it is to think about such deep losses, it’s even more challenging, for some couples, to broach the subject directly. Often it comes down to simply not having the language to describe something so emotionally charged. >> READ MORE
Safeguard Your
Health Care Choices
Choose someone you trust to direct and make medical decisions for you when you are unable to do so yourself with a Medical Power of Attorney. In Arizona, we also strongly recommend a Living Will, which details your medical treatment choices in certain situations.
Estate Planning
Starts at 18
When your graduate crosses the stage, they will take the financial reigns from you just as they take their diploma. We'll look at some options for you as parents to utilize that encourage responsible spending and planning, while allowing you to assist your child with medical and financial matters should they become incapacitated.
