How to Initiate Family Communication Regarding Estate Planning

Have you ever wanted to draft an estate plan, but couldn’t muster up the courage to discuss it with family? This is a common occurrence when it comes to family planning. However, this shouldn’t discourage you from putting off the matter. A discussion with your Read More …

The Importance of Advance Directives

Aging is inescapable, and while many have tried to delay or avoid the inevitable, none have succeeded. It’s important, therefore, to plan accordingly for old age. While this may include a myriad of things, estate planning (specifically incapacity planning) is vital in making sure that Read More …

5 Estate Planning Tips for New Parents

For most new parents, caring for their newborn infant (and all the baggage that comes with that) is already enough of a burden without thinking of the worst coming to fruition. However, it often turns out that preparing for the unexpected can lead to less Read More …

Planning for Retirement – 9 Things to Consider Before Leaving the Workforce

When we first start the journey of our career, we never really consider a 401k plan or anything of the sort. Retirement feels like a vague, distant concept rather than something that will actually happen someday. Yet, it is almost as if we blink and Read More …

One Day Here, Next Day Gone: How A Micro Estate Plan Protects Our Children

As we grow older, we do not necessarily want to think about the end that is drawing near. As a result, we often choose to delay estate planning because it is a sign to us that our time here on earth is coming to an Read More …

Accounting for Foreign Assets in Estate Planning

In today’s rapidly globalizing economy, diplomats, government officials, travel representatives, and employees of major international companies are not the only ones who have access to overseas travel and communication. Standard, everyday people such as immigrants or simply people with family abroad may all have assets Read More …

What Can the Childless Leave Behind?

A Legacy with No Heirs: What You Can Still Leave Behind When we pass on, what do we leave behind in our estate plan, and to whom? For some people, it is easy to think that they will just pass on their legacy to their Read More …

How to Create a Digital Estate Plan

When we think of estate planning, traditionally assets like cars, homes, art collections and other valuables come to mind. In recent decades, however, the advent of technology and the internet has brought nearly limitless storage for information, pictures, videos, music, money, and therefore, many different Read More …

Estate Planning for the Unmarried

Wills are often regarded as the most reliable way to safeguard our assets after we pass away by passing them on to our children and spouses. However, though we tend to think that estate planning is only a matter of concern for married couples and Read More …

Ethical Wills – Passing Down Values Along with Wealth

Before we pass away, we often find ourselves thinking about what we will leave behind for future generations. While leaving our heirs and inheritance is certainly important to most people, many wonder if anything else can be passed along that is intangible – something that Read More …