As a single mother, you wear many hats – you are a caregiver, a breadwinner, a role model, and so much more. With so much responsibility on your plate, it’s easy to put estate planning on the backburner. However, estate […]
Estate Planning for Moms As a mom, you have plenty of responsibilities on your plate – from raising children to managing a household. But have you thought about what would happen to your family if you were no longer around? […]
If you are a mom or dad with children under the age of 18 at home, your number-one estate planning priority should be selecting and legally documenting both long and short-term guardians for your kids. Guardians are the people legally […]
Whether you consider yourself wealthy or not, you need to think about how (and when) you’ll talk with your children about money, whether they’re little kids, tweens, teens, or already adults. It’s suggested these discussions happen in three stages during […]
As a parent, you’re likely hoping to leave your children an inheritance, but without taking the proper precautions, the wealth you pass on is at serious risk of being accidentally lost or squandered due to common life events, such as […]
Your estate plan should continuously evolve along with your life circumstances and other changing conditions, such as your assets and the law. No matter who you are, your life will inevitably change. Families change, laws change, assets change, and goals […]
Creating an estate plan is something you do to leave a legacy of care and love for the people who matter to you the most. Working with an attorney who understands your goals and wishes for your family, and can articulate those in a well-crafted estate plan, is a much better alternative than relying on a one-stop shopping experience.
Many people fail to create an estate plan because they don’t truly understand what is involved and therefore believe it is too complicated. But the real truth is that creating an estate plan during your lifetime is far less complicated than what your family will deal with after you are gone, if you don’t.
In the next two months, those words will ring out in high school graduation ceremonies all across the country. And if you have a high school senior in your home, then chances are that things are about to change dramatically, […]
Estate planning is about much more than just deciding who gets what in the event of your death. It’s also about avoiding unnecessary taxes, and in the event that you have minor children, making sure that custody of your children […]
