Power of attorney, estate planning, advance directives, and elder-law guidance.
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Since October 1, 2024, a California driver 70 or older with a clean record no longer takes the written test to renew. The in-person visit, the vision check and the new photo all stay, and here is how to get through the renewal without a wasted trip.
February 28, 2025
Seven documents decide who speaks for you, who pays your bills, and where your money goes if you can no longer say so yourself. Here is what each one does, what happens without it, and where to keep it.
October 22, 2024
The legal documents that protect an older adult's wishes - durable power of attorney, healthcare proxy, advance directive, will, trust - are most useful when they're already in place before they're needed. Setting them up after a cognitive decline becomes much harder, sometimes impossible. Our legal library covers the documents every family should have on file, the difference between general and durable powers of attorney, the role of elder-law attorneys (and when DIY tools are fine versus when you need one), Medicaid planning, and the often-overlooked digital-asset planning (passwords, social media accounts, online financial logins).
We're not lawyers; we explain the categories so families can have informed conversations with the lawyer they hire.
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