Does a Beneficiary on a Bank Account Override a Will?
Beneficiaries, in general, are people or entities that the holder of an account designates to receive the assets in the account, typically, in the event of the account holder’s death.
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What are the Estate Planning Essentials?
If you want loved ones to remember you fondly, tackle your estate planning tasks. Your heirs will thank you for not leaving a legal mess to sort out.
How Do You Split Estate in a Blended Family?
A second marriage can be a balm for the heartache of losing a spouse, be it through death or divorce. Nevertheless, if there are children or other heirs involved, you should consider carefully what will happen with your money and possessions when you pass on.
Why Would I Need a Will or a Trust?
Should I terminate these trusts and just have my children as beneficiaries of my investment accounts and life insurance?
Farm Transition and Estate Planning Challenges
Conversations about family succession plans are difficult.
Blended Families Create Estate Planning Challenges
We have seen some step siblings able to all get along fine but they seem to be the exception. More likely, one sibling feels divided loyalty to the birth parent, not the step-parent.
Celebrity Estate Planning Mistakes
If you do not learn from your mistakes, you are doomed to repeat them. In Estate Planning, if you do not learn from other’s mistakes, you are likely to repeat them.
What Should Be Included in your Estate Plan?
The best time to do estate planning is ten years ago, but the second-best time to do so is now.
Can I Be Sure My Estate Plan Works?
Your estate plan is much more likely to be successful, when you recognize and avoid the most common mistakes and take some key actions that often are overlooked.
What are Typical Estate Planning Documents?
If you want loved ones to remember you fondly, tackle your estate planning tasks. Your heirs will thank you for not leaving a legal mess to sort out.
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