Free Estate Planning Seminar

Free estate planning seminar in Mobile. Learn how wills, trusts, and probate actually work in Alabama. Dinner provided. Estate planning comes down to three things: protecting yourself if something happens to you, protecting the people who depend on you, and making sure what you have built goes where you actually want it to go. If you became unable to make decisions for yourself, who would have the legal authority to step in? If you have children or others who depend on you, who would care for them? Without a written plan, would what you have built go to the people you actually want it to, or to whoever Alabama's default formula decides? Most people have never been asked these questions directly, and that is completely normal. Estate planning sounds like it belongs to someone older, wealthier, or further along in life. It really comes down to those three things, and they apply to almost everyone. This is a free, one hour dinner seminar in downtown Mobile on how the system actually works. Dinner is provided, and we keep the group small enough that you can actually ask a question and get a real answer, not just sit through a presentation. Mark Eiland is an estate planning attorney and Accredited Estate Planner® here in Mobile. What makes his background a little different is that he has not only drafted these plans, he has administered them. He spent years managing a regional bank trust department, which means he has seen firsthand what works and what falls apart when a plan finally gets put to use. You'll leave with a clearer sense of what planning looks like for your situation and what steps make sense for you. What You Will Learn • What estate planning actually is and why it matters at every stage of life • What happens in Alabama if you die without a will • Who has the legal authority to make decisions for you if you become incapacitated • The difference between a will and a trust and when each one makes sense • Why beneficiary designations can override everything else in your plan • What most families get wrong and how to avoid it Who Should Attend This seminar is relevant for anyone who has people they care about and something to protect. That is a wider group than most people realize. Maybe you just had your first child and have not thought through who would raise them if something happened to you. Maybe you are navigating a blended family and want to make sure everyone you care about is actually provided for, not just assumed to be. Maybe you run a business and have never mapped out what happens to it without you. Or maybe you have simply been meaning to get to this for years and have not found the right moment. You do not need to have a lot of assets. You do not need to have everything figured out. You just need to be someone who wants to understand how the system works before life forces you to find out the hard way. Because this is an in-person, small-group format, space is limited. If you know you want to come, it is worth reserving your spot now rather than deciding the morning of. About Mark Eiland Mark Eiland is the founder of Heircraft Planning, an estate planning law firm serving families across Alabama and the Gulf Coast. He holds a J.D. and LL.M. in Taxation from the University of Alabama School of Law and is an Accredited Estate Planner® (AEP®) through the National Association of Estate Planners & Councils. He has more than 25 years of experience in estate planning and trust administration and is licensed in both Alabama and Florida. In 2026, Mark Eiland and Heircraft Planning were named Best Estate Planning in Mobile in Lagniappe's Nappie Awards. Good to Know Free parking. Dinner provided. One hour, in person. This is a free educational event hosted by Heircraft Planning. Pursuant to Rule 7.2(e) of the Alabama Rules of Professional Conduct: No representation is made that the quality of legal services to be performed is greater than the quality of legal services performed by other lawyers.