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Life Is Unpredictable

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On behalf of The Law Office of Wickersham and Bowers posted in Estate Planning on Tuesday, June 9th, 2020

Estate Planning and Will and Trust

The loss of someone we love is a tragic event. When this tragedy occurs in your family, you will require different things than others for your family. At Wickersham & Bowers, we provide you with a range of estate planning services that meet your and your family’s individual needs. We offer over sixty years of expert experience that will help you understand wills, trusts, and probate, and litigation.  

Planning Protects Your Assets

A key component is the ability to preserve the assets that you have spent your lifetime working toward, and you want to be able to determine what is going to happen to them when your life ends. Having an estate plan lets you have the power over your assets even beyond your experience and life. With our team of experts, we can guide you through this process with compassion and understanding as we listen to your wishes in a testamentary document that is enforceable. If it is a family member’s estate, we help you through the complicated process quietly but efficiently understanding well that this is a difficult time, and you need to mourn and heal. 

When developing a will or trust, you will see that we help you evaluate your options and find a plan that will please you and honor your wishes and be in the best interest of your family. For those wishing to protect their finances and the assets that they have accumulated, a trust may be the best option to utilize. A trust will help manage both during your life and help it to transition smoothly in the event of your passing on. Wills, however, are well known for being the most common estate plan as it will designate how your assets and finances are being distributed among your loved ones and family. A will helps families avoid court procedures and disputes. 

Let Us Help You Plan for Your Family’s Protection

Having an attorney guide you is beneficial to you and your family as Wickersham & Bowers put your family’s interests first. To schedule a consultation, call our offices, and we can speak at your earliest convenience to create a plan that works for you. 

Taking Care of Your Family First

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On behalf of The Law Office of Wickersham and Bowers posted in Family Law on Tuesday, June 9th, 2020.

When you are looking to make the next step of your life a permanent one and seek a divorce, you need trusted attorneys who will help you through this time and who will benefit you and our family. At Wickersham & Bowers, we have over sixty years of experience that will help guide you through the legal procedures and law claims of divorce. We are compassionate and trustworthy, and have a results-oriented process that is individualized to you in all aspects of this procedure. We help couples and families take the steps necessary to protect their families while having the best protection through ethical services and legal counseling. 

Our Services

We offer the following services: 

  • Modification of court orders
  • Condemnation of real property 
  • Spousal support
  • Property division
  • A contested and uncontested divorce  
  • Contested and uncontested legal separation 

When you have children, they need to be taken care of. Plus, they need to be surrounded in a safe and caring environment full of support and love. Make this process easier on your family by letting Wickersham & Bowers support you. We help families create the best legal agreements to protect their child’s interests and make sure that they have the safety and love they need. 

Your Case is Unique

Each family, just as each couple, has unique circumstances and requires a more tailored approach, which is what we offer as a part of our family consultation. We offer services such as the following: 

  • Visitation
  • Child custody, including joint custody and disputes 
  • Family rights, including father’s rights, grandparent’s rights, and mother’s rights  

At Wickersham & Bowers, we understand that you need an expert team that can provide the best with confidence. Our personalized approach lets you work closely with trustworthy legal counsel. We will provide representation and you gain from the results from our legal team. Avoid do-it-yourself legal documents that you will find online, or any claims that you see on 

How to protect your family when life is uncertain.

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On behalf of The Law Office of Wickersham and Bowers posted in Estate Planning on Thursday, April 30th, 2020.

Of all the legal services that are necessary for a person to engage in over the course of their life, wills and estate planning is the one that seems to be the most neglected. It is understandable when you really stop to think about it. No one wants to face their own mortality and casually make plans and fill out documents for the inevitable coming of the end of life.

But putting off this aspect of personal and professional legal instructions has never been a particularly prudent action. And with the Coronavirus spreading and creating a global pandemic, the assurance of tomorrow or next year has never been less certain. 

This makes it even more urgent to enlist the services of an experienced estate planning firm such as Wickersham and Bowers to make sure that your end of life affairs are in order, while of course hoping that time is still far away.

Careful Planning During an Unpredictable Time

There is an old saying that goes “plan for the worst, hope for the best”. There is probably no better situation to apply that to than the one we currently all find ourselves facing. It is now more critical than ever to make sure that you and your families’ wishes are met should the unthinkable suddenly happen.

Ensuring Your Families’ Security

Take a moment and imagine the stress that so many families are going through right now with sick or dying loved ones. Many of them aren’t even able to visit their family or friends in the hospital or attend their funerals. 

Knowing how much of a soul-wrenching burden that must already be, imagine if they also had to deal with a situation in which none of their deceased loved ones final wishes and instructions were legally documented. No one wants to put their family through that.

Waiting Is Never an Option

A will and estate planning is something that should never be ignored, even in normal times. But with the Covid-19 crisis introducing a new and dangerous element into our daily lives, the possibility of even a young, healthy person falling ill and dying within a matter of days is possible. 

The legal experts at Wickersham and Bowers have been handling these types of matters for years and they will be glad to do the same for you. Don’t wait until it’s too late.

Contact us today for a consultation.

Divorce cases skyrocket due to coronavirus.

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On behalf of The Law Office of Wickersham and Bowers posted in Family Law on Thursday, April 30th, 2020.

People all throughout the world are living through truly unprecedented times today. A global health crisis coupled with various stay-at-home and shelter-in-place orders and the resulting severe economic and personal financial downturns are wreaking havoc on professional and personal lives. 

While it is easy to see the obvious casualties of this pandemic in the forms of jobs and investment portfolios, there will be many more negative repercussions of the coronavirus both now and in the future. For the purposes of today’s post, we will be focusing in on one in particular; divorce. 

And for those readers who may already be facing this life-changing event, the family law experts at Wickersham and Bowers are highly experienced in these matters and are having to take on record numbers of these clients as a by-product of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Unforeseen Effects of a Pandemic

This virus and the wave of destruction it has left in its path is the perfect example of how one, seemingly unrelated event, can have a profound impact on other areas of society or personal life. Divorce filings are skyrocketing as couples are forced to spend extended time together without the opportunity to take a break and spend a little alone time or socialize with friends.

Close Quarters and Cabin Fever

There have been plenty of clinical studies done on the effects of spending long periods of time cooped up in one place. The layman term for it is cabin fever or going “stir crazy”. When two people are constantly right on top of each other for days on end it does not matter how much they love each other; eventually they will grow tired of the other’s company.

Additional Anxiety to Existing Stress

And when you consider that many of these marriages may have already been on shaky ground due to financial troubles (which have only been amplified by the coronavirus) or any other reason, they simply cannot take the added turmoil and stress. If you find yourself in this situation, there is no reason to be ashamed or embarrassed. 

Unfortunately, it looks as though separation and divorce are going to be one of the lasting effects of Covid-19. But you don’t have to handle this alone, either. Simply get in touch with the experienced legal professionals at Wickersham and Bowers, they know how to help.

Contact us today for a consultation.

Family Law 101

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On behalf of The Law Office of Wickersham and Bowers posted in Family Law on Thursday, April 15th, 2020.

Many different areas of the law and the specific practice of them can be very sensitive and delicate. This is probably no truer in any other legal situation than that which deals with those whom you most care about or have personal relationships with; family law. 

When you are involved in any type of dispute (or even just the need to consult with an attorney), chances are that you are already putting a strain on a once close and important relationship. Having a compassionate and caring legal specialist can help make sure that that relationship can continue to be a strong and healthy one.

The Sensitivity of This Area of Practice

The thing that makes this specific legal practice so delicate is the fact that there are usually heightened and intense emotions involved. This isn’t two strangers in a dispute about a contract or someone facing some type of criminal charge, this is often times two or more people who either at one time or still now love and care about each other deeply, and one (if not both) parties feel hurt and betrayed by the fact that whatever is going on between them has now come to the point of getting the law involved.

Various Examples and Different Scenarios

Common instances of this type of legal practice include prenups, marriage and divorce, child custody, alimony and child support, business or financial agreements between family and friends, and several others. Mediation, negotiation, and litigation all take on a very different feel to them when the person on the other side isn’t some stranger or random individual, but rather someone you love. 

That is why it is of the utmost importance that someone who is empathetic and cares as much about repairing relationships as representing the law is crucial to the situation being resolved in truly the best manner.

Relationships are More Important than Law

In the end, the person on the other side of the table (or courtroom) is probably someone that not too long ago you never would have dreamed you would be on opposite ends of a legal battle with. The family law experts at Wickersham and Bowers have seen countless of these scenarios play out, both positively and negatively. And they want to make sure that when it’s all said and done, you not only get the results you were hoping for but also the restoration of a relationship with your family member or friend.

Contact us today for a consultation.

Estate Planning 101

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On behalf of The Law Office of Wickersham and Bowers posted in Family Law on Thursday, April 15th, 2020.

Of all of the various types of law that people often overlook or put off until it is too late, estate planning is right there at the top of the list. There may be a number of different reasons for this, such as many times a person feels like they are in good health and have many years left to worry about it.

Other times it may simply be that they feel that they don’t have a portfolio or assets that really require legal clarification and distribution. But many times the experienced estate attorneys at Wickersham and Bowers find that it is just a case of the client being anxious and nervous about facing their own mortality on the black and white pages of end-of-life legal documents.

The Importance of Estates and Wills

Estate planning isn’t just something meant for old, sick people with lots of money and assets. In this world that we live in very few things are certain. Young, healthy people who eat well and exercise regularly come down with serious, unexpected illnesses out of nowhere. Accidents can happen at any given time on any given day. If something unexpected were to happen to you, think about where it might leave your family and loved ones.

The Peace of Mind of Knowing Your Wishes are Carried Out

Having the knowledge that your final wishes for your spouse, children, employees, or anyone else that depends on you and what you provide for them is something that simply cannot be overstated. Although you will not be here to see it, imagine how you would feel knowing that there were legal battles and court litigation going on after your death to determine the course of action for your estate.

Security for Your Loved Ones

We know that no one ever has the intention of leaving those they care about to deal with a messy legal situation during a time when they should be mourning and celebrating your life. There is no greater gift and ease of burden that you could leave those folks than letting someone like Wickersham and Bowers take care of the details of your estate.

Contact us today for a consultation.

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