In Legal Terms

One show will generate questions that will inspire a topic for another show. Last week we talked about wills and we had a caller who asked about trustees. So that’s today’s topic. What are their duties? How do you get one? How do you get rid of one? Our guest to help us: Richard Courtney https://elderlawms.com/Past podcasts with Richard Courtney as our guest: http://inlegalterms.mpbonline.org/episodes/in-legal-terms-guest-richard-courtney

Today’s topic is one we’ve covered many times but still so many of us die without a will or without having made estate plans. This Thanksgiving is a great time to talk with your family about your plans, their plans, and where the plans are written down.If you need a starting point for crafting your estate plan, MPB has got a digital worksheet for you. Freewill is a site that will help you organize your estate plan so you can get started. https://www.freewill.com/mpbfoundationThe University of Mississippi Medical Center has a link where you can fill out an Advanced Healthcare Directive. https://www.umc.edu/news/Miscellaneous/2019/April/April%20CONSULT/UMMC_Advance_Healthcare_Directive.pdfSometimes it’s good to hear what others are asking – that will lead you to think about your own situation. In Legal Terms has produced around 3 shows each year for the last 5 years discussing estate planning. Listening to these podcast can help you know what to do.

We hope you don’t need a public defender but its good to know how the system works. Our guest is the State Defender, André de Gruy who will tell us about the agency, who they defend and where. https://www.ospd.ms.gov/