{"id":21503,"date":"2015-11-05T07:00:47","date_gmt":"2015-11-05T07:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.youngwooldridge.com\/?p=6364"},"modified":"2015-11-05T07:00:47","modified_gmt":"2015-11-05T07:00:47","slug":"why-you-should-hire-an-attorney-estate-planning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/themediabeast.com\/resources\/why-you-should-hire-an-attorney-estate-planning\/","title":{"rendered":"Why You Should Hire an Attorney | Estate Planning"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Why You Should Hire an Attorney\u00a0| Estate Planning<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Why You Should Hire an Attorney to Assist with Estate Planning<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youngwooldridge.com\/estate-planning\/\">Estate Planning<\/a> |\u00a0With a wide range of estate planning kits and build-your-own-will documents available, many people wonder whether an attorney is even necessary anymore when it comes to the estate planning process. The short answer is that, while an attorney isn\u2019t absolutely necessary, you\u2019re taking a lot of risks when you attempt to handle the process on your own. These are risks that could place your assets in jeopardy upon your death and make it substantially more difficult for your heirs to benefit from your estate.<\/p>\n<p>One of the trickiest elements of estate law is that <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nolo.com\/legal-encyclopedia\/making-will-are-lawyers-optional-29812.html\">the law differs from state to state<\/a>, often in considerable ways. State laws are very specific about what works and what doesn\u2019t in wills and other estate planning documents, down to exact wording and confusing restrictions and requirements. For this reason alone, you may be better off working with an experienced attorney who\u2019s familiar with the ins and outs of the law in your state.<\/p>\n<p>Another situation in which an estate planning attorney will likely make your life much easier is if you have anything complex or unusual about either your finances or your family situation. If you have minor children or children with special needs, if you\u2019ve been married more than once, if you\u2019re a business owner, and if you have substantial real estate \u2014 all of these situations, and many more like them, can make the process of planning your estate complex and time consuming. The peace of mind that comes from having a professional working on your behalf will make the process much less daunting.<\/p>\n<p>Meeting with an estate planning lawyer will cost money, and it\u2019s better to invest in a highly qualified attorney than one who is offering what seems like a great bargain. After all, this is the future security of your assets and your family that you\u2019re dealing with, and you don\u2019t want the last thing you leave your loved ones to be an avoidable tax bill.<\/p>\n<p><strong>An experienced lawyer will be able to answer your questions, provide the information you\u2019re looking for and give you the peace of mind that comes from knowing your loved ones can be free of hassle and worry.\u00a0If you have questions about your estate plan, the skilled Bakersfield estate planning attorneys at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youngwooldridge.com\/contact-us\/\">Young Wooldridge, LLP<\/a>\u00a0 are a great source of information and support. Contact us today for a free initial consultation.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Call today for a confidential consultation!\u00a0661.855.4886<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Like us on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/YoungWooldridge?fref=ts\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a>\u00a0for more information!<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Why You Should Hire an Attorney\u00a0| Estate Planning Why You Should Hire an Attorney to Assist with Estate Planning Estate [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6372,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[858],"tags":[859],"class_list":["post-21503","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-estate-planning","tag-estate-planning"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v17.8 (Yoast SEO v27.6) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Why You Should Hire an Attorney | Estate Planning - MMG Resources<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"If you need an estate planning attorney, Young Wooldridge, LLP can help! Schedule a confidential consultation today by calling 661-855-4886.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/themediabeast.com\/resources\/why-you-should-hire-an-attorney-estate-planning\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Why You Should Hire an Attorney | Estate Planning\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"If you need an estate planning attorney, Young Wooldridge, LLP can help! Schedule a confidential consultation today by calling 661-855-4886.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/themediabeast.com\/resources\/why-you-should-hire-an-attorney-estate-planning\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"MMG Resources\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2015-11-05T07:00:47+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"MediaBeast\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"MediaBeast\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/themediabeast.com\\\/resources\\\/why-you-should-hire-an-attorney-estate-planning\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/themediabeast.com\\\/resources\\\/why-you-should-hire-an-attorney-estate-planning\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"MediaBeast\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/themediabeast.com\\\/resources\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/f1e4fbc14f15dffe99af02d0efb60287\"},\"headline\":\"Why You Should Hire an Attorney | Estate Planning\",\"datePublished\":\"2015-11-05T07:00:47+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/themediabeast.com\\\/resources\\\/why-you-should-hire-an-attorney-estate-planning\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":449,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/themediabeast.com\\\/resources\\\/why-you-should-hire-an-attorney-estate-planning\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"\",\"keywords\":[\"estate planning\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Estate Planning\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/themediabeast.com\\\/resources\\\/why-you-should-hire-an-attorney-estate-planning\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/themediabeast.com\\\/resources\\\/why-you-should-hire-an-attorney-estate-planning\\\/\",\"name\":\"Why You Should Hire an Attorney | Estate Planning - MMG Resources\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/themediabeast.com\\\/resources\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/themediabeast.com\\\/resources\\\/why-you-should-hire-an-attorney-estate-planning\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/themediabeast.com\\\/resources\\\/why-you-should-hire-an-attorney-estate-planning\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"\",\"datePublished\":\"2015-11-05T07:00:47+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/themediabeast.com\\\/resources\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/f1e4fbc14f15dffe99af02d0efb60287\"},\"description\":\"If you need an estate planning attorney, Young Wooldridge, LLP can help! Schedule a confidential consultation today by calling 661-855-4886.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/themediabeast.com\\\/resources\\\/why-you-should-hire-an-attorney-estate-planning\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/themediabeast.com\\\/resources\\\/why-you-should-hire-an-attorney-estate-planning\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/themediabeast.com\\\/resources\\\/why-you-should-hire-an-attorney-estate-planning\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"\",\"contentUrl\":\"\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/themediabeast.com\\\/resources\\\/why-you-should-hire-an-attorney-estate-planning\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/themediabeast.com\\\/resources\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Why You Should Hire an Attorney | Estate Planning\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/themediabeast.com\\\/resources\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/themediabeast.com\\\/resources\\\/\",\"name\":\"MMG Resources\",\"description\":\"Company Portal\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/themediabeast.com\\\/resources\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/themediabeast.com\\\/resources\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/f1e4fbc14f15dffe99af02d0efb60287\",\"name\":\"MediaBeast\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"\\\/\\\/www.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/2f2d8caf201e84c7b1c6349c85ac5699?s=96&#038;r=g&#038;d=mm\",\"url\":\"\\\/\\\/www.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/2f2d8caf201e84c7b1c6349c85ac5699?s=96&#038;r=g&#038;d=mm\",\"contentUrl\":\"\\\/\\\/www.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/2f2d8caf201e84c7b1c6349c85ac5699?s=96&#038;r=g&#038;d=mm\",\"caption\":\"MediaBeast\"},\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/themediabeast.com\\\/resources\\\/author\\\/mediabeast\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Why You Should Hire an Attorney | Estate Planning - MMG Resources","description":"If you need an estate planning attorney, Young Wooldridge, LLP can help! Schedule a confidential consultation today by calling 661-855-4886.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/themediabeast.com\/resources\/why-you-should-hire-an-attorney-estate-planning\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Why You Should Hire an Attorney | Estate Planning","og_description":"If you need an estate planning attorney, Young Wooldridge, LLP can help! Schedule a confidential consultation today by calling 661-855-4886.","og_url":"https:\/\/themediabeast.com\/resources\/why-you-should-hire-an-attorney-estate-planning\/","og_site_name":"MMG Resources","article_published_time":"2015-11-05T07:00:47+00:00","author":"MediaBeast","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"MediaBeast","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/themediabeast.com\/resources\/why-you-should-hire-an-attorney-estate-planning\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/themediabeast.com\/resources\/why-you-should-hire-an-attorney-estate-planning\/"},"author":{"name":"MediaBeast","@id":"https:\/\/themediabeast.com\/resources\/#\/schema\/person\/f1e4fbc14f15dffe99af02d0efb60287"},"headline":"Why You Should Hire an Attorney | Estate Planning","datePublished":"2015-11-05T07:00:47+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/themediabeast.com\/resources\/why-you-should-hire-an-attorney-estate-planning\/"},"wordCount":449,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/themediabeast.com\/resources\/why-you-should-hire-an-attorney-estate-planning\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"","keywords":["estate planning"],"articleSection":["Estate Planning"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/themediabeast.com\/resources\/why-you-should-hire-an-attorney-estate-planning\/","url":"https:\/\/themediabeast.com\/resources\/why-you-should-hire-an-attorney-estate-planning\/","name":"Why You Should Hire an Attorney | Estate Planning - MMG Resources","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/themediabeast.com\/resources\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/themediabeast.com\/resources\/why-you-should-hire-an-attorney-estate-planning\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/themediabeast.com\/resources\/why-you-should-hire-an-attorney-estate-planning\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"","datePublished":"2015-11-05T07:00:47+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/themediabeast.com\/resources\/#\/schema\/person\/f1e4fbc14f15dffe99af02d0efb60287"},"description":"If you need an estate planning attorney, Young Wooldridge, LLP can help! Schedule a confidential consultation today by calling 661-855-4886.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/themediabeast.com\/resources\/why-you-should-hire-an-attorney-estate-planning\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/themediabeast.com\/resources\/why-you-should-hire-an-attorney-estate-planning\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/themediabeast.com\/resources\/why-you-should-hire-an-attorney-estate-planning\/#primaryimage","url":"","contentUrl":""},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/themediabeast.com\/resources\/why-you-should-hire-an-attorney-estate-planning\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/themediabeast.com\/resources\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Why You Should Hire an Attorney | Estate Planning"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/themediabeast.com\/resources\/#website","url":"https:\/\/themediabeast.com\/resources\/","name":"MMG Resources","description":"Company Portal","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/themediabeast.com\/resources\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/themediabeast.com\/resources\/#\/schema\/person\/f1e4fbc14f15dffe99af02d0efb60287","name":"MediaBeast","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"\/\/www.gravatar.com\/avatar\/2f2d8caf201e84c7b1c6349c85ac5699?s=96&#038;r=g&#038;d=mm","url":"\/\/www.gravatar.com\/avatar\/2f2d8caf201e84c7b1c6349c85ac5699?s=96&#038;r=g&#038;d=mm","contentUrl":"\/\/www.gravatar.com\/avatar\/2f2d8caf201e84c7b1c6349c85ac5699?s=96&#038;r=g&#038;d=mm","caption":"MediaBeast"},"url":"https:\/\/themediabeast.com\/resources\/author\/mediabeast\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/themediabeast.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21503","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/themediabeast.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/themediabeast.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/themediabeast.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/themediabeast.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21503"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/themediabeast.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21503\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/themediabeast.com\/resources\/wp-json\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/themediabeast.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21503"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/themediabeast.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21503"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/themediabeast.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21503"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}