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Evan Guthrie Law Firm Educates On Estate Planning To Senior Residents At Shady Grove Apartments In Charleston, SC

Attorney Evan Guthrie of the Evan Guthrie Law Firm in Charleston, South Carolina spoke to seniors at Shady Grove Apartments in Charleston, SC as part of a lunch and learn about estate planning and probate issues on Wednesday October 30th 2013. Shady Grove is an independent living facility for senior citizens in the Charleston, SC area. Attorney Evan Guthrie and other elder oriented service providers spoke to the group as part of the South Carolina Aging In Place Coalition Speakers Bureau. The South Carolina Aging In Place Coalition has a mission of providing education of information and resources available to help seniors successfully remain in their home through the aging process and the Speakers Bureau is the arm of the Coalition that actually schedules and does events in the community to help spread the message of this mission.

This was the fourth event that Attorney Evan Guthrie had spoken at as part of Aging In Place. Mr. Guthrie spoke on the Financial And Legal topic and focused on the estate planning and incapacity planning aspects of how to successfully age in place. Attorney Guthrie spoke for about five minutes on the importance of having a will and durable power of attorney to remain in control of assets in death and in life, the need to have a healthcare power of attorney and living will to make sure that health decisions are take in account in good times and in bad, the best time to get these documents in place, and how they operate in one’s life after they are fully executed and they come in need. Mr. Guthrie then took questions from the group about various legal and financial issues.

Mr. Guthrie enjoyed his visit to Shady Grove Apartments and the chance to interact and educate the residents on important issues that greatly affect their lives. Attorney Guthrie looks forward to being able to speak at many more South Carolina Aging In Place Events in the future.

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 Evan Guthrie Law Firm is licensed to practice law throughout the state of South Carolina. The Evan Guthrie Law Firm practices in the areas of estate planning, probate, elder law, wills, living trust, special needs trusts, personal injury, accident, divorce and family law, and entertainment law. Yola http://evanguthrielawfirm.yolasite.com/ Goodreads https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/7279304-evan-guthrie-law-firm Evan Guthrie Law Firm 164 Market St #362 Charleston, SC 29401 (843) 926-3813

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