Red Flags When Hiring a Professional to Be Your Trustee
Red Flags When Hiring a Professional to Be Your Trustee When you form a trust as part of your estate plan, one of the most important decisions you will make ...
Important Milestones You Can Incorporate in Your Estate Plan
Important Milestones You Can Incorporate in Your Estate Plan Life is full of contingencies. While some outcomes are relatively certain, other events are more difficult to predict. This uncertainty can ...
Don’t Let Your Cryptocurrency Give You and Your Loved Ones Nightmares
Don’t Let Your Cryptocurrency Give You and Your Loved Ones Nightmares Although cryptocurrency may be one of the latest investment strategies with great potential, for some individuals and their loved ...
Batman: The Masked Philanthropist
Batman: The Masked Philanthropist Among the superheroes, Batman is unique because he has no superpowers. Although he is trained in the martial arts and possesses a range of high-tech gadgetry ...
What if I Cannot Find a Beneficiary?
What if I Cannot Find a Beneficiary? When someone has named you as the executor of their will, or as their trustee, you are obligated to distribute that person’s money ...
Three Tips for Overwhelmed Executors
Three Tips for Overwhelmed Executors While it is an honor to be named an executor in a person’s will, it can often be a sobering and daunting responsibility. Being an ...
Guardianships & Conservatorships and How to Avoid Them
Guardianships & Conservatorships and How to Avoid Them If a person becomes mentally or physically handicapped and can no longer make rational decisions about their person or their finances, their ...
Estate Planning for the Chronically Ill
Estate planning for the chronically ill There are certain considerations that should be kept in mind for those with chronic illnesses. Before addressing this issue, there should be some ...
Three Celebrity Estate Planning Mistakes and Tragic Lessons
Three Celebrity Probate Disasters and Tragic Lessons One would assume that celebrities with extreme wealth would take steps to protect their estates. But you know what they say about those ...
Will Our Child Have to Handle Multiple Trusts After Our Deaths?
Will Our Child Have to Handle Multiple Trusts After Our Deaths? When a married couple creates an estate plan using a revocable living trust, they have the option of creating ...