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Pour-Over Will: Not Your Average Will Wills and trusts are the two basic legal instruments that people use to pass accounts and property on to their loved ones at death. […]
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Asset Protection Planning Unfortunately, lawsuits, including frivolous lawsuits, are filed daily against good people like you. Asset protection planning, which is an important part of estate planning, can protect you, […]
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What Is a Separate Revocable Living Trust? When a couple engages in foundational estate planning, one of the first questions addressed by estate planning attorneys is whether it makes sense […]
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Think Your Estate Plan is Complete? Make Sure You’re Not Missing These Important Points Roughly two-thirds of Americans do not have an estate plan, according to a recent survey from […]
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If I Give My Home to My Child in My Will, Can They Take My Home While I Am Still Alive? The short answer to this question is no. Naming […]
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Does Your Estate Plan Protect Your Adult Beneficiaries? If you think you only need to create discretionary lifetime trusts for young beneficiaries, problem beneficiaries, or financially inexperienced beneficiaries, then think […]
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Trust Funding: Is Everything Titled Correctly? Working with an attorney to draft a trust agreement for estate planning purposes is an important step. But just getting the document drafted and […]
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Estate Tax Returns—Not as Scary as They Sound When an individual passes away, tax issues are one of the many things that must be considered. For most individuals who pass […]
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