Estate
Effective estate management enables you to manage your affairs during your lifetime and control the distribution of your wealth after death. An effective estate strategy can spell out your healthcare wishes and ensure that they're carried out – even if you are unable to communicate. It can even designate someone to manage your financial affairs should you be unable to do so.
Estate Management 101
A will may be only one of the documents you need—and one factor to consider—when it comes to managing your estate.
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Charitable Giving: Smart from the Heart
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Problems with Probate
Probate can be a completely public process, or it can be managed to include as little information as possible.
When Do You Need a Will?
When do you need a will? The answer is easy: Right Now.
Four Reasons Millennials Need an Estate Strategy
Estate strategies for millennials may sound like less of a concern than retirement, but young adults should prepare now.
How to Talk to Your Kids About Inheritance
Learn how to discuss inheritance with your adult children in a way that sets expectations and reduces uncertainty.
Managing the Risk of Outliving Your Money
Steps to help you sustain and grow your retirement savings.
When Heirs are Imperfect
The money problems or bad lifestyle habits of adult children could lead to the squandering of any inheritance they receive.
Put It in a Letter
A letter of instruction provides additional and more personal information regarding your estate.
Understanding the Alternate Valuation Date
Executors can value the estate on the date of death, or on its six-month anniversary —the “Alternate Valuation Date."
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When Do You Need a Will?
When do you need a will? The answer is easy: Right Now.
Exit Strategies of the Rich and Famous
Estate conservation is too important to put off. Do you have a smart exit strategy?
Estate Management 101
A will may be only one of the documents you need—and one factor to consider—when it comes to managing your estate.
When Special Care Is Needed: The Special Needs Trust
A special needs trust helps care for a special needs child when you’re gone.
Charitable Giving: Smart from the Heart
Do you have causes that you want to support with donations?
4 Elements of an Estate Strategy
Learn about the importance of having an estate strategy in this helpful and informative video.
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