Category: Estate Planning

Have you made the important step to begin establishing an estate plan? If so, congratulations on taking this important step towards protecting your best interests and those of your family members in the face of an otherwise uncertain future. Part of this process will involve selecting individuals to assume roles of responsibility in a...

Planning for the disposition of your assets is a critical part of estate planning. This will include deciding what should be done with everything from your personal property to your digital assets, to everything in between. If you are a homeowner, it should also include planning for your home. This is especially true considering...

Estate planning involves putting critical legal protections in place that help preserve and advance your goals for yourself and those closest to you. It is important to have an estate plan at any age and at any income level. You do not need to be old and you do not need to be rich...

After a person passes away, the assets in their estate will be distributed according to the terms they have set forth in their will. Should a person pass away without a will, they are said to have died “intestate.” Without a will, the estate assets will be distributed according to state intestacy laws. Generally...

At this point in time, most people have digital assets. Our digital lives continue to grow and, with that, so do the digital assets we need to account for in our estate plans. Cryptocurrency, for instance, has not existed for very long, but continues to grow in popularity. More and more people are investing...

You may have been resistant to the idea of a trust. After all, trusts involve some complex ideas and concepts. It can be difficult to wrap your ahead around let along figure out the right trust to establish to help further your goals and protect a future you want for you and your loved...

A trust is created and funded by a trustor and is managed for the benefit of the beneficiaries by an appointed trustee. A trustee is either a person or an institution tasked with managing a trust. The trust document will, among other key terms of the trust, establish who is to be the trustee. Being...

Your kids may get older, go off to college, and onto the real world, but they will always be your kids no matter what. Some of you may be spending the summer getting your son or daughter ready to move to college in the fall. It is an exciting time and you likely have...

A recent study released by Caring.com reveals that only about one-third of Americans have an estate plan in place. Based on surveys gathered by the senior living referral service, the study concluded that close to two-thirds of people in the U.S. have the vital legal protections that are established in a comprehensive estate plan....

One of the benefits of planning ahead is the ability to anticipate certain consequences and put tools in place to avoid them accordingly. Estate planning, for instance, often involves significant transfers of asset ownership, all of which can have profound tax consequences. Tax liability can take a big chunk of the value away from...