Document Your Relationship

With our experience in working with GLBT couples in Maryland, Washington, DC and Virginia, we will recommend an appropriate combination of:

Last Will and Testament
Domestic Partnership Agreement
Durable (Financial) Power of Attorney
Power of Attorney over Health Care Decisions
Living Will or Advance Medical Directive
Revocable (living) Trust
Irrevocable Trust

Most financial accounts and all life insurance policies require you to designate beneficiaries. Because these designations take priority over your will, it is important to review and update these documents too:

Life insurance policies and beneficiaries
Beneficiary designations for IRA, 401(k) and other retirement accounts
Registration of bank and investment accounts that contain joint funds
Deeds to real estate