Estate
Effective estate management enables you to manage your affairs during your lifetime and control the distribution of your wealth after death. An effective estate strategy can spell out your healthcare wishes and ensure that they're carried out – even if you are unable to communicate. It can even designate someone to manage your financial affairs should you be unable to do so.
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Estate Management 101
A will may be only one of the documents you need—and one factor to consider—when it comes to managing your estate.
Understanding the Alternate Valuation Date
Executors can value the estate on the date of death, or on its six-month anniversary —the “Alternate Valuation Date."
Safeguard Your Digital Estate
If you died, what would happen to your email archives, social profiles and online accounts?
A Checklist for When a Spouse or Parent Passes
An overview of some fundamental steps when a loved one passes.
4 Steps to Protecting a Child with Disabilities
Planning for a child with special needs can be complicated, confusing, and even overwhelming.
How To Talk Through Transitioning a Family Business
Five strategies to navigate difficult conversations around succession planning and help bring a family together.
A Closer Look: Estate Planning in a Blended Family
How thoughtful estate planning can support your spouse now and protect your children’s inheritance later.
Four Steps to Valuing an Estate
Determining the value of your estate, or for someone who has passed away, can be a complex undertaking.
When Heirs are Imperfect
The money problems or bad lifestyle habits of adult children could lead to the squandering of any inheritance they receive.
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Comparing Mortgage Terms
Compare different mortgage term lengths side by side to find the option that fits your budget.
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Estate Management 101
A will may be only one of the documents you need—and one factor to consider—when it comes to managing your estate.
When Special Care Is Needed: The Special Needs Trust
A special needs trust helps care for a special needs child when you’re gone.
Safeguard Your Digital Estate
If you died, what would happen to your email archives, social profiles and online accounts?
Exit Strategies of the Rich and Famous
Estate conservation is too important to put off. Do you have a smart exit strategy?
4 Elements of an Estate Strategy
Learn about the importance of having an estate strategy in this helpful and informative video.
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