Estate Planning Tips for Aging Solo

So, what happens with your estate plans if you are not in a traditional nuclear family? There is quite a lot that can fall under the umbrella of a non-traditional family, and the recommendations will vary depending on your specific circumstances.
How to Protect Your Estate from a Rotten Son-in-Law

Whatever the reason, whether your life is a bed of roses or a getting-worse-nightmare, there are things you can do now to insure what you leave will go to who you want. And when. And in what portion or portions.
The Hidden Trap in Your Estate Plan: Why Beneficiary Designations Can Ruin Your Last Will

When you set up your estate plan it is important to coordinate the legal planning documents that you or you and your attorney create with the document provided by your retirement account custodian and/or your life insurance carrier called a ‘Designation of Beneficiary.’
Estate Planning is Vital for Solo Agers

This is big concern for millions of older Americans who don’t have a spouse, children or other family they can depend on to watch out for their well-being.
Estate Planning Lessons from Celebrity Nightmares

The press has made much of the handwritten will that Larry King executed in the months before he died and in which he purports to change his prior will executed in 2015, to leave his estate equally between his children.
Avoid Errors with Special Needs Planning

Estate planning should always be customized to each individual creating a plan. This is particularly important when planning for beneficiaries with disabilities.
Estate Planning is Vital for Solo Agers

This is big concern for millions of older Americans who don’t have a spouse, children or other family they can depend on to watch out for their well-being.
How Do Special Needs Trusts Work?

Protect your adult children with disabilities using a special needs trust.
How Do I Protect My Spouse and My Children in a Second Marriage?

Who’s going to inherit on the death of one of the re-marrieds? Will this be the surviving spouse? If so, where will those inherited monies go on the second-to-die’s death?
Common Estate Planning Mistakes and How to Avoid Them

Even those with the best of intentions can fall into the trap of estate planning misinformation. Estate planning attorneys frequently hear rumors and ill advice disguised as facts.