Using HEMS language in a Trust
The ‘HEMS’ (health, education, maintenance, support) standard in estate planning is used to guide trustees in how/when they should release funds to a beneficiary.
February 8, 2022
What are the Advantages of Modern Directed Trust?
Modern trusts can be drafted, and existing trusts can be modified, to provide flexibility allowing a family the ability to navigate an unknown future and preserve family legacies intergenerationally.
February 7, 2022
Be sure Your Will is Valid
Without a valid will, a person’s estate passes to their surviving heirs under intestate succession (i.e., ‘succession without a will’).
February 1, 2022
What Assets are in an Estate?
This is an important question to ask, because the answer could tell you whether you need to worry about estate taxes, beneficiary issues or probate concerns.
January 24, 2022
Estate Planning Documents Everyone Needs
This is a great time to get organized with estate planning—it will make things a lot easier for yourself and your loved ones.
January 18, 2022
Avoid Password Problems in Estate Planning
Creating a list of digital accounts and instructions on how to gain access to them is now akin to having a traditional will or a trust in estate planning.
January 11, 2022
Trust provides more Protection than TOD
Both help you pass down assets, while avoiding the time and expense of probate. However, one has much more flexibility than the other.
January 6, 2022
Choose carefully when Naming a Trustee
You created your revocable living trust to hold your assets. You did so because of the probate avoidance and other benefits. You may have included sophisticated tax-planning provisions in your trust.
December 21, 2021
How to Protect your Digital Life
However, in a world where more and more of our personal information is stored online, it’s also imperative to make a digital estate plan, so your loved ones can access your digital property.
December 15, 2021
Divert Assets to maintain Medicaid Eligibility
Several types of special income trusts and other strategies can be helpful when trying to protect your family’s assets from the devastating costs of long-term care.
December 8, 2021