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Estate Planning Considerations for Benefits Open Enrollment
The fall, generally late-October or early-November, is the time when employers send out summaries of employee benefits offered by the company and…
Home DNA Tests – A Bump in Your Estate Plan
Discovering your ancestry can be both fun and fascinating. At-home DNA tests have grown in popularity in recent years. Often given as…
Can I Make a Video Will?
In the golden age of the smartphone, you’re never far from a camera. This has made the sharing of videos and photos…
Estate Planning for Rental Property Owners
In all parts of the country, services such as Airbnb have grown in popularity over the past few years. Indeed, these alternatives…
Trusts Solve Client Needs and Add Value to Wealth Plans
Some think that trusts are used only for end-of-life planning. Trusts, however, are like wrenches: they come in a wide variety of…
Should You Disinherit a Child?
Most parents choose to leave their estates equally to their children. But sometimes, parents intentionally choose to not leave anything to a…
The Difference between Lifetime and Deathtime Planning… and Why a Comprehensive Plan Must Include Both
According to a survey by Caring.com, six out of ten Americans have no will or any other kind of estate planning. Many…
When is “living probate” necessary?
If you become incapacitated, who is going to take care of you? You will not be able to make medical decisions for…
Is a delayed inheritance really an enhanced inheritance?
Whether you have accumulated a little or a lot of wealth over your lifetime, it is likely that you have some particular…
Your New Year Resolution was Getting your estate in Order-Did You? Don’t Put Off Till Tomorrow What You Can Do Today: Why It’s Time to Talk with Your Family and Your Estate Planning Attorney
There’s no perfect time to broach the subject of estate planning with your family. We all know that everyone passes away eventually,…