Your spouse has always maintained the home and cared for the children while you concentrated on building your assets or creating your business -- and the arrangement is exactly what you want it to be. What happens, however, if you pass away? Planning for your...
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3 ways to protect your spouse when planning your estate
Sharing finances is one of the cornerstones of marriage. You share your income and pool your resources to achieve the best standard of living possible for your family. Given that you manage most everything together, you might take for granted that your spouse will...
How to reassess your estate plans after a divorce
Whenever you hit a major "milestone" event in your life, it's a good idea to review your estate plans and update them. It's also a good idea to do so when you go through something unfortunate, like a divorce. There are many reasons why you should do this. Your former...
Can you stop your children from fighting over your estate?
In some families, fighting seems to be the way that siblings relate to one another. If your children have squabbled their entire lives, you likely wish for nothing more than their happiness and to see them have a positive relationship. You probably hate the idea that...
Should you write a will when you retire?
You’ve worked for your money for a long time. Now you’re getting close to retirement age, and you’re starting to wonder what will happen to that money when you pass away. Is it time to write a will? ideally, you will already have a will in place that may only need...
What is a financial power of attorney?
A person who’s creating their estate plan has a variety of decisions to make. One of these is who will take care of their finances if something happens to them. While some people may not think much about this, others opt to take the proactive approach and name a...
Can Planning To Avoid Probate Help My Family?
After someone dies, their loved ones go through a lot, emotionally, mentally and even physically. The grieving process is difficult and when legal issues come into play, this time can be even harder. The court-supervised process of distributing and overseeing a...
New Year’s resolutions for your estate plans
New Year’s resolutions are an American tradition -- and there is, after all, something refreshing and optimistic about the start of a new year with a blank calendar ahead. If you’re thinking about the resolutions you want to make this year, we have one suggestion:...
Don’t put off writing your will: Here’s why
Most people put off writing their wills. There are plenty of surveys showing, for instance, that most Americans don’t have a will or that doing estate planning is even becoming less common. While everyone has their own reasons for procrastinating, from feeling...
Comprehensive estate planning is crucial if you have foreign assets
If you’ve been putting off developing your estate plan because you own property or other assets in another country, you aren’t alone. Actually, the more complex your assets are, the more important it is to begin your estate planning while you’re still relatively young...