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.
When Do You Need a Will?
When do you need a will? The answer is easy: Right Now.
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Exit Strategies of the Rich and Famous
Estate conservation is too important to put off. Do you have a smart exit strategy?
A Checklist for When a Spouse or Parent Passes
An overview of some fundamental steps when a loved one passes.
Safeguard Your Digital Estate
If you died, what would happen to your email archives, social profiles and online accounts?
Grantor Retained Annuity Trusts (GRATs)
Explaining Grantor Retained Annuity Trusts (GRATs) and their benefit to estate strategy.
Steps to Protecting a Child with Disabilities
Planning for children with special needs can be confusing but by working together, we can help navigate those challenges.
Trends in Charitable Giving
Some people may want a more advanced gifting strategy that can maximize their gift and generate potential tax benefits.
Preserve, Grow, and Give: Year-End Wealth Planning
Help preserve, grow, and pass on your wealth and legacy to future generations through smart year-end planning strategies.
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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Comparing Mortgage Terms
Compare different mortgage term lengths side by side to find the option that fits your budget.
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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?
Safeguard Your Digital Estate
If you died, what would happen to your email archives, social profiles and online accounts?
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 Do You Need a Will?
When do you need a will? The answer is easy: Right Now.