Protecting the family business as the owner ages
“Business succession planning” sounds like a concept for multi-millionaires, but if you have worked your whole life to create and sustain a small business which is loved by your community, you may feel worried at the prospect of what will happen to the brand you’ve built up through all your hard work. As a senior business owner, your business may be a delicatessen, or a...
A Health Care Power of Attorney can be a useful tool
Most people are familiar with the general durable power of attorney (POA), a document in which one person appoints someone who can step in to handle their financial, legal and business type matters. Many people are also familiar with a health care proxy, by which one person appoints another person who is authorized to make the medical decisions for them when the doctors determine that the...