September 22, 2020 •
Estate Planning As part of your estate planning, don’t forget to consider a power of attorney.
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Estate Planning A will is just one of several legal documents that help your loved ones know your end-of-life wishes.
Read MoreSeptember 3, 2020 •
Estate Planning Talking about death makes most of us uncomfortable, so we don't plan for it. That's a big mistake, because if you don't have an end-of-life plan, your state's laws decide who gets everything you own. A doctor you've never met could decide how you spend your last moments, and your loved ones could be saddled with untangling an expensive legal mess after you die.
Read MoreAugust 17, 2020 •
Estate Planning Some marriages end in noise and pain. Other marriages drift away quietly with the signing of documents and only a hint of acrimony.
Read MoreAugust 7, 2020 •
Estate Planning Whenever you open a financial account, you’re almost always asked to name a beneficiary. Simply stated, a beneficiary of the account is someone who is entitled to the benefits of the account, typically, on the death of the account holder. If you’ve purchased life insurance, for example, you name a beneficiary who receives the benefits of the policy when you pass.
Read MoreAugust 6, 2020 •
Estate Planning It's never too early to start working on how your things will be handled, once you pass away.
Read MoreJuly 27, 2020 •
Estate Planning Parents should make sure they have arrangements in place for the care of their minor-aged children, when planning their estates…
Read MoreJuly 8, 2020 •
Estate Planning More and more often, estate beneficiaries are retaining their own attorneys to make sure that the executor properly administers the estate.
Read MoreMay 22, 2020 •
Estate Planning If you have children or are expecting one, you may also want to take the three big estate planning steps that we did.
Read MoreMay 15, 2020 •
Estate Planning Until now, you may have viewed writing a will as something you’d get around to doing someday. However, because of the vicious coronavirus, it’s time to treat writing a will as something every bit as important as washing your hands and using hand sanitizer, considering the potential consequences of not doing those things.
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