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Month: September 2020
A Will Does Much More than Transfer Your Assets
Care.com’s annual estate planning survey for 2019 found that 57% of U.S. adults do not have a Last Will & Testament (a “Will”). The survey found that participants were more likely or less likely to have a Will depending on issues such as age, race, and education....
Grandchildren’s “Gap” Year Incentivizes Grandparents to Create Incentives
Grandparents, through their own estate planning, can create incentives for grandchildren to finish their education.
Keep Your Estate Plan Current
You should check your estate planning documents every so often, to make sure they’re still good, especially with big life changes like births, marriages, divorces, and moving to another state. Children grow up, marriages dissolve, property gets sold, residences...
In Your Estate Planning, Consider the Current College Quandary
For many clients, college education is the single biggest funding need they face after saving for retirement. With COVID-19, a lot has changed, and students parents, and grandparents all need to reassess their planning options.
8 Tips for Having ‘The Talk’ with Elderly Parents
Talking about estate planning is a difficult, emotional topic but it’s essential for every family. Unless you’re certain your parents have an up-to-date will and a wider plan for what should happen in the event of their passing, you shouldn’t assume everything will be...
Add Estate Planning to Your Pandemic Survival Resolutions
A number of things can happen to make estate planning document changes necessary. The pandemic is one enormous life-changing factor that dictates revisiting one’s estate plan.
Beneficiary Designations: Pitfalls You May Not Know About
You might think that leaving your property to your heirs would be simple enough. You make a will or a trust, you do a transfer-on-death deed for your real estate, you put your kids on your bank account, you designate beneficiaries for your life insurance and...
Having a Will is Essential
If you have people who you love and care for, then creating a will for your peace of mind and their protection is the right thing to do.
Reap-Your-Taxes-While-Ye-May Estate Planning
2020 year end planning may offer some not-to-be repeated opportunities to take advantage of current low income tax rates and CARES Act provisions.
