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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4 Elements of an Estate Strategy
Learn about the importance of having an estate strategy in this helpful and informative video.
What to Do After Losing a Loved One
It’s easy to feel overwhelmed as the executor of a loved one’s estate. Here’s steps to make the process more manageable.
Safeguard Your Digital Estate
If you died, what would happen to your email archives, social profiles and online accounts?
A Primer on Irrevocable Life Insurance Trusts
Irrevocable life insurance trusts can be important tools that may accomplish a number of estate objectives.
A House Divided
If you’re thinking of buying a vacation home with family, here are some ground rules to consider before making it legal.
When Should You Revisit Your Estate Plan?
Buying a house? Moving to a new state? There are many good reasons to take another look at your will and estate plans.
What is the Value of Your Business?
Ascertaining the value of your business is important for a variety of reasons.
A Brief Guide to Prenups
Society’s views on prenuptial agreements are evolving. Here’s how prenups can make your relationship stronger.
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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4 Elements of an Estate Strategy
Learn about the importance of having an estate strategy in this helpful and informative video.
Charitable Giving: Smart from the Heart
Do you have causes that you want to support with donations?
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.
Safeguard Your Digital Estate
If you died, what would happen to your email archives, social profiles and online accounts?
When Do You Need a Will?
When do you need a will? The answer is easy: Right Now.
When Special Care Is Needed: The Special Needs Trust
A special needs trust helps care for a special needs child when you’re gone.
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