What a Will Can and Cannot Do
A will allows you to distribute your worldly goods, select a guardian for minor children and name an executor to carry out your wishes.
January 20, 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
Consider Using a Corporate Trustee
Revocable Living Trusts have become a widely used estate planning document, providing a path to managing assets, avoiding probate and gaining privacy at the settlement of an estate.
January 17, 2022
Ways to Avoid a Succession Fight
In coming years, millions of Baby Boomers — those born between 1946 and 1964 — are expected to retire in the U.S. In fact, by some estimates nearly a quarter of this country’s population will be aged 65-or-older within a few decades.
January 13, 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
Naming Beneficiaries is Vital to Your Planning
If you’ve ever spent time working through your estate plan, you know how important it is to select and update your beneficiaries.
January 7, 2022
Costs of Long-Term Care can be Challenging
The costs of long-term care for older adults can be significant. Federal Medicare health insurance benefits do not cover most of these costs. Most people who incur costs for long-term care cover them with a combination of personal savings, long-term care insurance and Medicaid, among other sources.
December 30, 2021
TOD and POD Accounts are ways to avoid Probate
A TOD account allows the account holder to name a beneficiary on a non-retirement financial account to receive assets at the time of the account holder’s death, thereby (generally – i.e., when used correctly) avoiding probate.
December 28, 2021
Holidays are a good time for a Family Meeting
Even those who have saved and invested well may not be sharing their financial information with a spouse or loved one. It’s time to do that now.
December 22, 2021
Estate Planning for Young Adults
Picture this…your child is in the hospital, but the on-call doctor won’t talk to you let alone allow you to weigh in on medical decisions. While hospitalized, your child’s bills are going unpaid because you can’t access their accounts—potentially wreaking havoc on their financial credit. Why? Because they’re over the age of 18.
December 6, 2021