The Estate & Asset Protection Law Firm Owner, Shannon Pawley, Urges Every Adult To Create And Regularly Update Their Estate Plan After Major Life Changes. 

Shannon Pawley, The Estate & Asset Protection Law Firm Owner, explains the importance of regular estate plan reviews and updates when required.

DECATUR, GA, September 24, 2024: Shannon Pawley, Owner of The Estate & Asset Protection Law Firm, has posted a new blog on the law firm’s website entitled “Why You Need to Review Your Estate Plan After Major Life Changes,” in which Ms. Pawley cites the importance of reviews and updates to keep an estate plan legally valid.

Pawley writes, “According to a survey conducted by the American Association of Retired People (AARP), around 6 in 10 American adults have no will or other estate planning documents. And even among those who do have these legal documents,” she adds, “many are still vulnerable because they have an estate plan that is out of date.”

“As I continue to encourage every adult to put an estate plan in place,” Pawley states, “I also encourage regular reviews and updates when necessary. What always requires an estate plan to be updated are major life events such as deaths, major illnesses, divorces, births, major financial changes, changes in priorities, and retirement.”

As Pawley emphasizes, “With regular reviews and updates to your estate plan when appropriate you’ll be assured that your wishes are accurately reflected and that your estate is managed according to your intentions.” She continues, “If your estate plan is not up to date, the court will consider it invalid.”

The entire blog can be read here: Why You Need to Review Your Estate Plan After Major Life Changes

About The Estate & Asset Protection Law Firm

The Estate & Asset Protection Law Firm was established to serve the legal needs of retiring citizens. The Firm focuses its entire practice on providing strategies to protect independence, privacy, assets and taxes from the government. Shannon Pawley has grown her law practice by providing excellent customer satisfaction with personalized wealth protection plans.

About Shannon M. Pawley, J.D., LL.M

As the owner of The Estate & Asset Protection Law Firm, Shannon M. Pawley and her entire team share a passion which focuses on being able to serve the legal needs of retiring individuals. In our firm, WE BELIEVE that people should not have to lose everything they’ve worked a lifetime to earn and that every person is an individual who deserves respect and the highest quality of life possible, regardless of age or ability.  We also believe that privacy and protection are the keys to personal peace. Born and raised in the Tidewater area of Virginia to a tightknit family with strong military service roots, Shannon learned from an early age the value of hard work and the importance of social awareness to ensure you always leave a situation in a better place than how you entered it.  In her junior year of high school, Shannon served as U.S. House of Representatives Page during the 101^st United States Congressional Session in Washington, D.C.  This experience exposed her to numerous new cultures and worldly issues.  Walking away from her experience as a U.S. House of Representative Page, Shannon knew that she wanted to pursue legal studies and be able to assist others in obtaining the best results available in difficult situations.

Shannon earned her undergraduate degree at North Carolina Wesleyan College and pursued a law degree from Michigan State University College of Law.  After obtaining her law degree and becoming a licensed attorney in Michigan, she continued her educational pursuit by acquiring a LL.M. (Master of Law) in Taxation from Wayne State University. After moving to Georgia in 2018, Shannon obtained her Georgia law license and has enjoyed being able to pursue her desire of ensuring persons are able to age with dignity, grace and independence.