Blog Posts in February, 2014

Your Estate Plan After You Move to a New State

If you move to a new state, do you have to start your whole estate planning over again? The reality is that yes, you need all new documents, at least for certain parts of your estate plan. But your ...
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Things to Leave Out of Your Will

Wills are very important, and should be constructed professionally and carefully. While you need to include many details in your will, there are several provisions that are better left out of the ...
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Do No-Contest Clauses Work?

Do you think that your will or trust will be contested when you pass away? If so, can inserting a "no-contest clause" solve this issue ahead of time? If you anticipate that a relative is ...
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Notarizing Wills: Is it Necessary?

If you create a will, you will need to take the special actions necessary to make it valid. Notaries are often useful in giving legal effect to official documents, but you do not need to notarize your ...
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Sprinkling Trusts

With a sprinkling trust (also known as a spray trust), trustees are given a great deal of flexibility when it comes to giving out the assets held in trust in order to provide for what beneficiaries ...
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About Beneficiaries and Term Life Insurance

If a sole beneficiary is named on a term insurance policy, then that individual can expect to receive the funds of the policy when the insured person passes away. That is, unless the insured is ...
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What Is Summary Probate?

This is a more streamlined version of probate, available in some cases to executors who are managing a small estate. Not only does this option offer an executor the chance to save a great deal of time ...
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The #1 Estate Planning Goof-Up

When you are planning for the future of your estate, you want to make sure you cover all of your bases. There is one common mistake that many Americans make. This seemingly simply mistake can ...
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