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.
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If you died, what would happen to your email archives, social profiles and online accounts?
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Managing an Inheritance
A windfall from a loved one can be both rewarding and complicated.
Yours, Mine, and Ours: Estate Strategies for Second Marriage
Second marriages are a trigger event to revisit any existing estate strategies.
White Elephant Inheritance
This article deals with how one might deal with a burdensome inheritance.
Four Reasons Millennials Need an Estate Strategy
Estate strategies for millennials may sound like less of a concern than retirement, but young adults should prepare now.
Put It in a Letter
A letter of instruction provides additional and more personal information regarding your estate.
When Heirs are Imperfect
The money problems or bad lifestyle habits of adult children could lead to the squandering of any inheritance they receive.
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What Is My Current Net Worth?
Use this calculator to estimate your net worth by adding up your assets and subtracting your liabilities.
What's My Potential Estate Tax?
This calculator helps estimate your federal estate tax liability.
What Is My Life Expectancy?
Estimate how many years you may need retirement assets or how long to provide income to a surviving spouse or children.
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When Do You Need a Will?
When do you need a will? The answer is easy: Right Now.
Exit Strategies of the Rich and Famous
Estate conservation is too important to put off. Do you have a smart exit strategy?
4 Elements of an Estate Strategy
Learn about the importance of having an estate strategy in this helpful and informative video.
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?