If I Have a Will to Allocate My Assets, Do I Have an Estate Plan?
While a will is often part of an estate plan, an estate plan covers much more ground.
What are the Worst Things to Leave in My Estate?
If you’re planning an inheritance, be careful about leaving these assets to a loved one. They may create more trouble than they’re worth.
What are Biggest Mistakes in Estate Planning?
As you’re making your estate plan, you’ll want to carefully consider everything. This means it may take a while to complete your plan. Here are five things to watch out for along the way.
Benefit Controlled Trust May Be Answer to Protecting Legacy
Life is messy sometimes. Divorce, bankruptcies and lawsuits happen. They can potentially wipe out the inheritance you’ve carefully set aside for your loved ones. However, there are many trust options to help keep life from ruining your legacy.
What’s an Enhanced Life Estate?
Your house might be your single most valuable financial asset. So you want to make sure you can give it to those you love when you die, without giving up the farm. That can be tricky.
Who Inherited from the Painter Bob Ross?
Bob Ross definitely didn’t make a happy little accident when handling his estate and his likeness after he died in 1995. He made a big mistake.
Can I Learn from the Estate Planning Mistakes of Celebs?
If you do not learn from your mistakes, you are doomed to repeat them. In estate planning, if you do not learn from other’s mistakes, you are likely to repeat them. Mistakes in the estate planning of high-profile celebrities is one very good way to learn the lesson of what not to do. Here are eight celebrity estates, where the mistakes have been reported in the news over the years.
Do Singles Need Estate Planning?
If you don’t have a spouse or children, you might think you don’t need to do much estate planning. However, if you have any assets, any familial connections, any interest in supporting charitable groups – not to mention a desire to control your own future – you do need to establish an estate plan.
What Taxes are Due When Children Inherit Home?
My sister passed away. Her only possession was her home, which still has a mortgage and she left it to my son and daughter, her niece and nephew. What inheritance tax will there be?
What Is the Best Way to Make Sure Children Can Handle an Inheritance?
How can you prepare your children to handle the assets they’ll eventually inherit?
