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The Top 11 Considerations You Must Make for Your Estate Plan

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There is a common misconception that estate planning is only reserved for rich people with many valuable assets. The truth is that estate planning is appropriate for anyone with any number of assets, even minor ones with little to no monetary value.

Don’t wait until you’re old to create a last will and testament for your estate. We’d all like … Read the rest

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The Top Three Types of Wills and the Differences Between Them

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Are you planning to leave the property of your estate to family members or friends after you die? If so, you’ll need to prepare a document called a “last will and testament” or “will” so you can leave different parts of your estate to the people you care about the most.

A will lets you specify who you want to … Read the rest

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Common Mistakes When Estate Planning

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Estate planning is not a process that people go through very often. In fact, for most people, it’s a once-in-a-lifetime procedure. This accounts for why so many people make estate planning mistakes. It’s simply an unfamiliar process that you just don’t go through very often. To avoid making some of the same common mistakes that most people do, you should … Read the rest

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Can You Remove a Beneficiary from Your Trust?

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A general estate plan often includes a trust. Its purpose is generally to provide for underage relatives who are unable to provide for their own care. It can include family pets as well. Sometimes it is also prepared as a guarantee that the preparer’s exact wishes for the distribution of assets are carried out fully and precisely. When a trust … Read the rest

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Reasons to Review Your Estate Plan

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Have you taken the time to set up your estate plan? If you said yes, congrats! If you haven’t done this yet, there’s no time like the present. In case you are not aware, an estate plan is basically a legal document that states what happens when you either become ill and incapacitated or after your death. We understand this … Read the rest

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How to Choose the Best Person to Be the Executor of Your Estate

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Did you know when you list a person as the executor of your estate, that person does not automatically get the job? The probate court must appoint that person as executor before they can handle your affairs. This shouldn’t stop you from nominating a person as your executor though. Most of the time, the person you nominate will be the … Read the rest

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Traits to Look for When Choosing an Estate Planning Attorney

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Taking the time to create an estate plan is an excellent way to ensure you, and your heirs, are taken care of in the future. However, how can you be sure you are choosing an attorney who has your best interests in mind? There are three things we recommend looking for when you are searching for an estate planning attorney. … Read the rest

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An Estate Plan is Necessary Even If You Have a Mortgage

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Too many people seem to think that since they have a mortgage on their home, they do not need to go through the hassle of creating an estate plan. After all, that seems to be the easiest way, because it doesn’t take any time. However, there are numerous reasons why not having an estate plan is a bad idea. Having … Read the rest

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Considering Skipping Planning a Will and Trust? Learn from the Mistakes of Aretha Franklin

Aretha Franklin may have been the “Queen of Soul”, but nothing could help her family financially when she died on August 16, 2018. Despite having 112 singles on Billboard music charts, Ms. Franklin failed to have a will and trust created prior to her death. Without that will and trust, her estate was considered intestate. 

Since Ms. Franklin resided in … Read the rest

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Accidents Happen – Get Your Will and Estate Plan Created Today

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In some way, each of us begins each new day by lying to ourselves that nothing “bad” will happen to us. It’s like it’s part of our human nature. We know that people are involved in accidents every day that end their lives or incapacitate them; that’s just it, we tell ourselves that it will happen to someone else – … Read the rest

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