Month: January 2023

As you start developing your estate plan, one of your top priorities may be leaving money to help fund your grandchildren’s college education. Some people start doing this before their grandchildren are even born. However, if you have one or more already in the world...

Despite your best intentions, you may recognize that you have a relatively high-conflict family situation. Maybe you currently share custody of your children with your ex, and you can easily imagine them using your children's inheritance out of spite if anything were...

Strictly speaking, estate planning is important for everyone. Regardless of age or gender, creating an estate plan can be helpful, and it is a step that too many people overlook. This includes both women and men, so each gender needs to learn as much as they can about...

Creating a will is a popular form of estate planning. However, it has its vulnerabilities, particularly being prone to will contests. A will contest involves a trial where heirs, power of attorneys and/or executors dispute the validity of a will.  It’s important to...

It is common for people to employ a very simplistic approach to estate planning. They think about how they will distribute their personal resources after they die and arrange for the descent of their property in the simplest manner possible. However, the best estate...