Considerations Before You Head South for the Winter
For many snowbirds, cooler weather means it is time to head south. If you are thinking about heading for warmer weather this winter, there are a few things you should ...
Quiz: How Well Do You Know Your Own Estate Plan?
As adults, we rarely face a multiple-choice exam or a pop quiz. The tests that come our way tend to be real-life ones: moments that reveal how prepared we actually ...
How Do I Donate My Organs When I Die?
If you want to donate your organs when you die, you have to think about exactly what you want, legally document your wishes, and communicate them to loved ones who ...
When “We’ll Figure It Out” Becomes a Problem
When a parent’s health crisis hits, families often discover that what they thought they had figured out fails to hold up under pressure. Grief, exhaustion, and dysfunctional family dynamics can ...
How to Protect Your Great Ideas or Works for Your Family
Your money, home, and vehicles are not the only assets that should be addressed in your estate plan. You should also consider your intellectual property, including any rights and income ...
What You Should Know about Life Insurance in Estate Planning
An estate plan may look perfect on paper—until your heirs need cash quickly. Life insurance can be a powerful tool for addressing that gap, providing funds precisely when they are ...
Estate Planning When Your Children Live in Different States
Today, many families are scattered across the country, with parents living in one state and children in another. Physical distance can introduce logistical hurdles that estate plans are not always ...
Estate Planning After Remarriage
You may not be able to choose the family you are born into, but you can choose the family you build through marriage, partnership, and the life you create on ...
Seven Estate Planning Traps Most People Miss—and Seven Questions to Audit Your Family’s Future
Think back to how your life was seven years ago. Your family, your finances, your relationships, and even the accounts you use have probably changed in ways both obvious and ...
The Call That Sounded Like a Scam—But Turned Out to Be an Inheritance
You’ve got to hand it to them: You nearly believed them when they said you were a partial owner of land that you inherited but never knew existed. They had ...