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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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."
Helping Your Children Prepare for an Inheritance
Six strategies to facilitate an important – though potentially uncomfortable – conversation around inheriting wealth.
Yours, Mine, and Ours: Estate Strategies for Second Marriage
Second marriages are a trigger event to revisit any existing estate strategies.
The Basic Elements of Estate Planning
It’s not just for the ultra-wealthy. Estate plans can help protect assets, make things easier for heirs and minimize taxes.
You May Be Wealthier Than You Think
Family wealth is measured in ways not found on a spreadsheet or portfolio statement.
A Primer on Irrevocable Life Insurance Trusts
Irrevocable life insurance trusts can be important tools that may accomplish a number of estate objectives.
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When Do You Need a Will?
When do you need a will? The answer is easy: Right Now.
4 Elements of an Estate Strategy
Learn about the importance of having an estate strategy in this helpful and informative video.
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 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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