Eight Useful Tips for Bringing Up Estate Planning

Estate Planning and Elder Law

Unless you’re certain your parents have an up-to-date will, as well as a big-picture plan for what should happen in the event of their passing, you shouldn’t assume everything will be taken care of.  During this season of upcoming holidays, Read More …

Estate Planning: Considerations When You Have a Stepfamily

Step family Estate Planning

Ideally, when a second marriage joins two families together, it should be a joyous occasion that creates one bigger blended family unit. Unfortunately, when the estate plan lacks clarity, it too often also creates inheritance fights between stepparents and children. Read More …

Can You Name Minors as Your Beneficiaries?

minor as beneficiary

Most people want to pass their assets to their children or grandchildren, so should you name a minor as your beneficiary? No. Naming a minor as a beneficiary can have unintended consequences. It is important to make a plan that Read More …

Maximize Life Insurance as an Estate Planning Tool

Life-Insurance-Estate-Planning

Life insurance can play a few key roles in an estate plan, depending on your age and situation in life. Because life insurance passes outside of probate, it can also provide heirs needed funds more quickly than assets passing through Read More …

Important Change Affects Special Needs Planning: Stretch IRAs Eliminated.

Update Special Needs Planning

A stretch IRA was an estate planning strategy that applied to an Individual Retirement Account (IRA) inherited by a non-spouse, such as a child beneficiary. By using the stretch strategy, IRAs could be passed on, taking advantage of tax-deferred and/or tax-free Read More …