About 60 people attended a presentation by attorney Debra A. Arena on the essentials of estate planning that was held at the Wartburg residential and health care facility in Mount Vernon.
Arena explained the importance of long-term financial planning by saying, “You would never think of letting someone else decide your vacation destination, pick out your wardrobe or choose what you”™re having for dinner, so why then would you neglect such a critically important task as selecting a guardian for your children when you”™re not around to care for them, deciding which family members or charities will receive your assets and appointing an agent to manage your affairs or make health care decisions if you cannot do so?”
Subjects covered included the role of a will, charitable gifts that can be incorporated into an estate plan and estate taxes.
“This free seminar represents one more way Wartburg is committed to educating the community on steps to take to achieve that independence,” said Angela Ciminello, Wartburg”™s vice president of development and marketing.
