4 Important Tips to Keep in Mind When Planning Your Estate
Estate planning is an important way to protect your assets and your loved ones after your passing. It takes great knowledge to create the documents that include the right language and cover all the bases to ensure documentation of your wishes. As you dig into planning your estate, keep these four tips in mind. Tip…
3 Advantages of Estate Planning
During your life, you have the privilege of planning for the future of your loved ones with estate planning. While it’s not something anyone likes thinking about, making sure your estate is fully accounted for before your death is vital to the ones you leave behind. Here are three advantages of estate planning that could…
3 Reasons Why Establishing Paternity in South Carolina Matters
Establishing paternity is vital to all parties for many reasons. If you’ve fathered a child in South Carolina, you need to know why it’s so important to prove it’s yours. Take a look at three reasons proof matters. #1: Legal Rights In the state of South Carolina, the father of a child born out of…
What is Probate Administration?
Probate administration is the process of managing the estate and assets of a deceased individual if they did not leave a will. While the probate process happens in most cases with or without a will, here’s what probate administration is and what it can mean for you and your family. Probate Administration Without a Will…
3 Must Know Myths About Divorce & Family Law
Are you considering getting a divorce and are overwhelmed by all of the how-to articles and supplementary information on the internet? Beware of some things you read and hear, not everything is what it seems. However, the right family law attorney can bring clarity to the myths and assist you in taking the correct actions…
Avoid 4 Costly Estate Planning Mistakes
Estate planning is an essential way to protect your assets after you’re gone. Not only will it determine asset division and the beneficiaries, but they also help to protect your family from disagreements, legal issues, and tax liability. As you navigate through the process, keep in mind these four costly mistakes so you can avoid…
3 Things to Know Before Filing for Divorce in SC
The decision to divorce may be one of the hardest decisions you ever make. Because of the consequences, it should never be made quickly. A divorce not only dissolves a legal relationship, but it may significantly change the entire family dynamic. However, if you believe your marriage is irretrievably broken and divorce is your best course of…
Estate Planning, Organ Donation, & Advance Medical Directives
Even though estate planning is something hard for people to discuss, it is so important to plan for the future and to be prepared for anything. Estate planning is the process of arranging for the management and disposal of that person's estate during the person's life, in the event the person becomes incapacitated and after…
Nomination Received for Best of Lexington
We are pleased to announce that McCutchen McLean LLC has been nominated for several awards recently, including “Best Litigation Law Firm” for the prestigious 2021 Best of Lexington for the Lexington Life Magazine. Lexington Life Magazine is mailed each month to 26,000 households in Lexington and Gilbert, South Carolina. Readers were offered a chance to…
Welcome to our new site!
Welcome to our brand new website! Thank you for visiting McCutchen McLean. Our attorneys are ready to help you with all of your estate planning and probate, elder law, corporate and business law, tax law, and family law needs. Take a look around to find out more about our practice, our services, and how we…