Estate Planning

Someone you love recently died, and that would be hard enough to handle on its own. However, you have started to have serious doubts about the validity of their estate plan. If you and the rest of your family felt surprised to learn that a loved one had left behind an...

If you already have an estate plan in place, then you have started off on the right footing. However, an estate plan is not something you create, lock up in some safe deposit box and forget about it. On the contrary, it is recommended that you review and revise it...

Those who engage in estate planning nearly always do so with their loved ones in mind. They want to minimize financial burdens for their families, and, in many cases, they also want to prevent inheritance disputes from arising. To prevent estate litigation involving...

If you would like to leave your home to a loved one after you pass away, one of the options you have is adding your home to your estate plan and placing it into a trust. There are two main kinds of trusts that you can use to pass on your home, a revocable trust and a...

There are no limits to what people collect throughout their lives, but art collectors are in a distinct category. Their collections may hold both sentimental and great investment value. Adding your art collection to your estate plans is essential if you want your...

When someone you love is near death or has passed away, the last thing you want to deal with is litigation. However, you’ve started noticing that objects that were once in their home aren’t there when you visit. Items that should be split among the heirs seem to be...

Most families assume it could never happen to them, but estrangement and estate battles are all too common when the administrator of an estate is playing fast and loose with the rules that govern a decedent’s estate. If you are not the administrator, it may be...

You may think that the only people who should care about estate planning are the lucky few with six- or seven-digit incomes, a lavish mansion in an exclusive suburb and a flashy sports car or two in the driveway. In fact, estate planning is a sound idea for anyone who...

You’ve worked hard to build your wealth, and you’d like to keep it in your family after you’re gone. Of course, you also want to minimize the estate taxes owed by your loved ones. One means of doing that is through a generation-skipping trust (GST). Let’s look at what...

When people start getting older, sometimes they need to rely on others. Whom they rely on is just as important as how those people help them. There have been many times when the elderly have relied on the wrong people, and their families found out too late. They may...