Estate Planning

It’s National Estate Planning Awareness Week!

2015-10-19T14:07:35-04:00

This week is National Estate Planning Awareness Week. It's always a good idea to review your estate plan from time to time. That is especially true if you’ve had life changing events (such as marriage, divorce, birth of children, death of family members, health changes). If you don’t have an estate plan in place, now [...]

It’s National Estate Planning Awareness Week!2015-10-19T14:07:35-04:00

What Do All Those Legal Words Mean? Part 3

2015-10-07T13:54:50-04:00

Part 1 and Part 2 of this blog topic dealt mainly with terms that deal with things once you die. What about while you’re still alive? What happens if you become disabled and/or incapacitated and not able to do things for yourself? That’s where Part 3 of this Legal Words topic comes in.   If [...]

What Do All Those Legal Words Mean? Part 32015-10-07T13:54:50-04:00

What Do All Those Legal Words Mean? Part 2

2015-09-24T12:37:17-04:00

Part 1 of this blog topic identified a few estate planning legal terms and explained what they mean. Part 2 continues with more estate planning terms. In Part 1, one of the terms defined was Probate - the court-supervised process for administering an estate after someone dies.   But is there a way to avoid that [...]

What Do All Those Legal Words Mean? Part 22015-09-24T12:37:17-04:00

What Do All Those Legal Words Mean?

2015-09-15T14:37:33-04:00

Lawyers often use words that are unfamiliar. What’s even worse is that often, legal terminology is not even consistent throughout the states. Additionally, a legal concept, such as “Homestead” can have several different meanings in different situations.   The area of Estate Planning is full of legal terms that you should know and understand. Let’s [...]

What Do All Those Legal Words Mean?2015-09-15T14:37:33-04:00

So, you want to leave assets to a minor child or grandchild? Make sure that you create a Trust so that you don’t trigger the need for a Guardianship.

2015-06-29T14:45:33-04:00

If the value of the assets that are left to a minor under the age of 18 exceeds $15,000.00, a Court-administered Guardianship will be required for the minor child.  This may happen inadvertently by designating a child as a contingent beneficiary on a life insurance policy or passing away without a Will.   Not only [...]

So, you want to leave assets to a minor child or grandchild? Make sure that you create a Trust so that you don’t trigger the need for a Guardianship.2015-06-29T14:45:33-04:00
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