In the event of your untimely death, the manner in which your beneficiaries — or those people who receive your assets from your estate — are determined is highly dependent ...
Preparing your company for your incapacity or death is vital to the survival of the enterprise. Otherwise, your business will be disrupted, harming your customers, employees, vendors, and ultimately, your ...
If you’ve been named as a beneficiary in a loved one’s estate plan, you’ve likely wondered how long it will take to receive your share of the inheritance. The length ...
When a loved one suffers from a mental illness, one small comfort can be knowing that your trust can take care of them. There are some ways this can happen, ...
The year 2017 is now fading into the rearview mirror. As we continue through 2018, let’s consider a few things to watch regarding estate planning, so you and your family ...
A basic last will and testament cannot accomplish every goal of estate planning; in fact, it often cannot even accomplish the most common goals. This fact often surprises people who ...
Now is the perfect time to start working on an estate plan. As newlyweds, you are figuring out how to consolidate two households into one. You’ve already been working on ...
Congress delivered the historic 560-plus-page Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, and President Donald Trump signed it into law on the Friday before Christmas. The changes will affect 2018 taxes, not ...
Although many people equate “estate planning” with having a will, there are many advantages to having a trust rather than a will as the centerpiece of your estate plan. While ...
An individual who has been named as a personal representative or executor in a will has a number of important duties. These include gathering the deceased person's property and transferring it to the beneficiaries through a court-supervised process known as probate. In order to initiate this proceeding, the executor must first obtain what are referred to as Letters of Testamentary. In Wisconsin, they are called Domiciliary Letters. This document gives the executor the legal authority to administer the deceased person's estate.