How Same-Sex Couples Can Protect Each Other
For married same-sex couples, a marriage license may soon no longer be enough to protect their union.
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Is it Important to have an Estate Plan?
Estate planning is not just for affluent individuals. While good estate planning can lead to desirable financial outcomes under the right circumstances, estate planning in its most basic form involves implementing the legal steps and directives that are necessary to ensure that your health and your assets are managed properly in the event of incapacity and death.
How You Title Your Assets Has an Impact
The way in which assets are titled can be vital.
What If Your Spouse Refuses Estate Planning?
I’m looking for guidance on where to start with planning, in case something happens to me or my husband.
How to Plan with a Trust!
Pandemics, inflation, rising interest rates, war in the Ukraine—uncertain times indeed! And yet, in the world of estate planning, almost every change in the zeitgeist offers its own suite of planning opportunities and applicable techniques.
What Is the Purpose of a Marital Trust?
If you’re married, you may be wondering what happens to your assets once you or your spouse passes. The answer to that question depends on various factors, including whether or not you have a marital trust.
Should I Hire an Estate Planning Attorney?
Here are four types of estate situations that could call for professional legal help.
Asset Protection for Your Out-of-State Vacation Home
So why should you consider a more comprehensive plan than just leaving an out-of-state vacation home in your will?
What are Big Mistakes to Avoid in Estate Planning?
Establishing an estate plan is extremely important. As life changes, it is necessary to update your plan to fit new circumstances.
Who Should Be Your Executor?
An executor is the person whom you name to handle the settlement of your estate after you die, taking your estate through probate, a court-supervised process that winds up your affairs in the state where you were living at the time of your death.
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