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Too Poor for Estate Planning? No Such Thing!

Too Poor for Estate Planning? No Such Thing!

If you have completed your estate planning, when was that? Where are the documents? Does your family know where they are located? Estate Planning needs

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Plan on Keeping the Peace Through Wise Estate Planning

Plan on Keeping the Peace Through Wise Estate Planning

Family relationships can change over the years, and when finances are mixed in, particularly estate planning, you need to strategize ahead of time. That's what

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Let Me Ask You a Few Questions about Estate Planning

Let Me Ask You a Few Questions about Estate Planning

A will gives instructions about distributing your property after death, and living trusts are typically revocable—they can be changed along the way, and they are

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Think of an Estate Plan as Added Protection for Your Family

Think of an Estate Plan as Added Protection for Your Family

Estate planning is the way to determine what happens to you and your property when you can no longer make decisions due to incapacity or

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Media Mogul Headed to Trial Over Billion-Dollar Estate and His Capacity

Media Mogul Headed to Trial Over Billion-Dollar Estate and His Capacity

Media mogul Sumner Redstone is going to trial over ex-girlfriend Manuela Herzer's claim that he is mentally incompetent. This may intensify the competition for control

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Beneficiaries…What Are Those?

Beneficiaries…What Are Those?

"When was the last time you updated, or even thought about, the beneficiary designations listed on your retirement accounts, life insurance, or annuity contracts?" If

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Planning for the Future of Your Farm Business

Planning for the Future of Your Farm Business

"A lot of factors go into crafting an estate plan for your farming operation." The High Plains/Midwest Ag Journal's article, "Planning for the future of

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Things to Think About Before Making a Roth IRA Conversion

Things to Think About Before Making a Roth IRA Conversion

"The Roth IRA, with its unique tax advantages, can be a powerful financial-planning tool. However, rolling funds from a traditional IRA into a Roth is

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Saints Owner Booted as Trustee of Billion Dollar Estate

Saints Owner Booted as Trustee of Billion Dollar Estate

"The news represents a victory for Renee Benson who sued her father over his competency and control over the 1980 Shirley Benson Testamentary Trust." NFL

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Supreme Court Changes Estate Planning for Married Same-Sex Couples

Supreme Court Changes Estate Planning for Married Same-Sex Couples

"The Supreme Court ruled that the Constitution guarantees a right to same-sex marriage." The recent Court decision has changed financial and estate planning significantly for

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Author Harper Lee’s Estate Plan as Suspenseful as her Classic Novel

Author Harper Lee’s Estate Plan as Suspenseful as her Classic Novel

"If she had an estate plan, who did she leave it to?" When Nelle Harper Lee died last week in Alabama, she left the world

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A List of Must-Have Estate Planning Documents

A List of Must-Have Estate Planning Documents

"Why Now Is the Best Time to Plan" Millennials are not discussing end-of-life care with their parents. Nevertheless, to save your loved ones avoidable pain

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