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Protecting Our Clients During the Coronavirus Pandemic

April 3rd, 2020
At Gudorf Law, our mission has always been to help our clients protect their families and prepare for future developments, whether anticipated or unforeseen. The current COVID-19/coronavirus pandemic has highlighted the need for planning and protecti… Read More

Making Gifts to Minors: Pros and Cons

March 23rd, 2020
One of the great joys of having worked and saved for most of your adult life is the ability to share your bounty with the people you love, including children and grandchildren. If some of those loved ones are minors, you may be wondering about the wi… Read More

Will Medicare Cover Your Hospital Stay?

February 21st, 2020
Imagine that you discover you have a life-threatening illness. Fortunately, it is discovered early enough for treatment to be effective. You go to the hospital, have surgery, and spend two nights on the surgical ward before heading home to recover. Y… Read More

Will Your Personal Representative Be Able to Access Your Apple Account?

January 14th, 2020
If you have an estate plan, when you die, the personal representative of your estate (and/or your trustee, if you have a trust) will be able to access most of your assets: your bank accounts, your investments, your real estate. But you may not have t… Read More

Where Does Your Trust Live (and Why Does It Matter)?

January 8th, 2020
If you have a trust, you probably don’t think of it as having a residence. After all, it’s not a person, or even an entity; technically, a trust is a relationship between the person who created it (the grantor), the person who administers it (the… Read More

Moving a Nursing Home Resident From One State to Another

November 25th, 2019
It’s a fairly common scenario: an older person, whose adult children may live in different states, begins to need more care than they can get at home. The older person and their family make the decision that nursing home care is needed, and a p… Read More

Five Essential Ohio Estate Planning Documents

November 4th, 2019
You have no doubt heard and read a lot about the importance of having an estate plan. It is true that every adult (even young adults) needs an estate plan. But what exactly makes up an estate plan? Are there documents you must have, and those you can… Read More

Understanding the Different Types of Dementia

September 16th, 2019
As you can imagine, we see many people in our law office who have a loved one suffering from dementia. Family members and spouses often find themselves needing to make decisions to keep a patient and their assets safe. Unfortunately, the nature of de… Read More

Bond Requirements for Ohio Guardians: What You Need to Know

August 14th, 2019
If you have a loved one who is no longer able to manage their own affairs and finances, you may be considering applying for guardianship in order to help them. You have probably looked into the circumstances under which a guardian can be appointed, b… Read More

Can a Guardian Make an Estate Plan for a Ward?

July 15th, 2019
A guardian of a legally incapacitated adult can do a lot of things for him or her: pay and collect debts, file lawsuits on the ward’s behalf, make investments, manage real estate, and more. But can a guardian make an estate plan for a ward? It… Read More
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