Should You Give Your Health Care Agent Immediate Authority? When you create a California Advance Health Care Directive, one important choice is when your agent’s authority begins. You can choose for your agent’s power to take effect immediately—or only after you lose the ability to make your own medical decisions. Many clients pause here, unsure…
We Are All Going to Die. Write the Love Letter Before You Go. We don’t like to talk about death. It feels heavy, uncomfortable—maybe even a little scary. But here’s what we’ve learned at Kaminski Law Group after helping hundreds of families: Estate planning isn’t really about death. It’s about love. When you take the…
Do You Want Your Funeral Livestreamed? (And Other Thoughts Your Ancestors Didn’t Need to Contemplate) By Kristin M. Kaminski, Kaminski Law Group When your great-great-grandparents passed away, their end-of-life plans probably didn’t involve a camera crew or a stable internet connection. The biggest questions were who would host the wake, which hymns to sing, and…
Early-Onset Alzheimer’s: What It Is and Why Planning Ahead Is So Important When we think of Alzheimer’s disease, we often imagine someone in their late 70s or 80s. But Alzheimer’s doesn’t always wait until old age. In fact, a rare form of the disease—called early-onset Alzheimer’s—can affect people in their 40s or 50s, sometimes even…
Why Creating an Advance Health Care Directive is the Ultimate Act of Love Imagine this: you’re sitting in your favorite chair, sipping tea, and thinking about the future. Not the big things like the next family vacation or your career goals, but the quieter, more delicate parts of life—your health, your legacy, and the wishes…
