
Parents with Young Children need an Estate Plan
Estate planning ensures that your children and assets are cared for according to your wishes.

Estate planning ensures that your children and assets are cared for according to your wishes.

Trusts can be powerful estate planning tools. However, simple errors can lead to delays, disputes and unintended outcomes.

Probate can tie up assets, create delays and drain estate value—many families benefit from planning around it.

Even trusted financial advisors can overlook key estate planning steps—mistakes that may leave your legacy vulnerable.

Turning 18 is a major milestone – especially for children with disabilities – because it triggers critical changes in legal rights and parental responsibilities.

Make sure that you have a will and up-to-date beneficiary designations on all of your bank accounts, life-insurance policies and brokerage accounts.

Planning ahead for funeral expenses can relieve your loved ones of financial stress and ensure that your final wishes are honored.

Being an executor of an estate isn’t easy, so you should do what you can to help them out.

Testamentary trusts can offer control and protection for your heirs. However, they require court involvement and may not suit every estate plan.

Though often confused, estate administration and trust administration involve distinct processes for managing and distributing assets after death, with different rules, responsibilities and timelines.