Estate

Effective estate management enables you to manage your affairs during your lifetime and control the distribution of your wealth after death. An effective estate strategy can spell out your healthcare wishes and ensure that they're carried out – even if you are unable to communicate. It can even designate someone to manage your financial affairs should you be unable to do so.

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Charitable Giving: Smart from the Heart

Do you have causes that you want to support with donations?

When Special Care Is Needed: The Special Needs Trust

A special needs trust helps care for a special needs child when you’re gone.

A Brief History of Estate Taxes

Federal estate taxes have long since been a lucrative source of funding for the federal government.

Safeguard Your Digital Estate

If you died, what would happen to your email archives, social profiles and online accounts?

• Articles

  Yours, Mine, and Ours: Estate Strategies for Second Marriage

  Second marriages are a trigger event to revisit any existing estate strategies.

  Problems with Probate

  Probate can be a completely public process, or it can be managed to include as little information as possible.

  Trends in Charitable Giving

  Some people may want a more advanced gifting strategy that can maximize their gift and generate potential tax benefits.

  Choosing a Business Structure

  Entrepreneurs all face the same question, “Which business structure should I adopt?”

  3 Estate Challenges for Blended Families

  This article will help your clients with blended families think and prepare their estate strategy.

  13 Key Moments to Ensure Your Plan is Keeping Up With You

  13 Key Moments to Make Sure Your Financial Plan is Keeping Up With You

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• Calculators

  Comparing Mortgage Terms

  Compare different mortgage term lengths side by side to find the option that fits your budget.

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• Videos

  4 Elements of an Estate Strategy

  Learn about the importance of having an estate strategy in this helpful and informative video.

  Estate Management 101

  A will may be only one of the documents you need—and one factor to consider—when it comes to managing your estate.

  When Special Care Is Needed: The Special Needs Trust

  A special needs trust helps care for a special needs child when you’re gone.

  Safeguard Your Digital Estate

  If you died, what would happen to your email archives, social profiles and online accounts?

  Charitable Giving: Smart from the Heart

  Do you have causes that you want to support with donations?

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