August is national make-a-will month August marks national make-a-will month, an annual reminder of the importance of drafting or updating your will to ensure your final wishes are executed as you intend. Despite the importance of having a will, nearly…
CAN A TRUST PROTECT YOUR CHILD’S INHERITANCE? A living trust is a common estate planning tool for transferring assets at death to children and other loved ones. One of the primary reasons trusts are used is to avoid the necessity…
Importance of Funding Your Trust and What Can Happen if You Fail to Do So Funding a revocable trust is an important aspect of creating the trust and it being valid in the future. If the grantor fails to complete…
Estate Planning for Blended Families and Second Marriages Many people don’t get serious about estate planning until they are well into middle age. By then, they may be part of a blended family: they are married for a second (or…
Prepare a Digital Estate Plan for Future Caregivers How to provide the information they’ll need to manage your online data My mother kept a little black book. Not the fun kind filled with suitors’ phone numbers; rather, a binder that…
What Is a Life Estate and How Does It Work? If you own a home, passing that property on to someone else — whether it’s a spouse, your children or someone else — requires planning ahead. That’s where a life…
Warren Buffett: This is your 1 greatest measure of success in life (and if you don’t have it, ‘your life is a disaster’) Warren Buffett is no doubt one of the few business icons who can deliver the gift of…
Luke Perry Protected His Family With Estate Planning Danielle and Andy Mayoras When Luke Perry, whose full name was Coy Luther Perry III, died on March 4, 2019, he was surrounded by family and loved ones. Tragically, the actor --…
Chadwick Boseman's $2.3 Million Estate to Be Evenly Split Between His Widow, Parents Shanelle Genai June 27, 2022·2 min read Chadwick Boseman poses in the press room during the 2019 American Music Awards at Microsoft Theater on November 24, 2019…
What Prince Philip’s Death Shows Us About The Importance Of End-Of-Life Planning Megan Gorman Senior Contributor What Prince Philip’s Death Shows Us About The Importance Of End-Of-Life Planning Since his death , Prince Philip has been remembered around the world…