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.
How Does Probate Work?
A probate judge is an official of the county court system and a judicial official of the state, who decides civil court cases that involve the probate process.
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.
Last Wills Part of a New Comedy Series Online
In her role as Philadelphia Register of Wills, Tracey Gordon has often heard people say they don’t want to discuss wills and estate planning with their relatives because they’ll think they’re out to get them, like it’s some elaborate and sinister plot torn straight from a Hollywood movie.
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.
Publishing Tycoon’s Estate Planning Surprise
When the Scholastic Publishing Tycoon died suddenly his family was shocked they would not inherit his $1.2 billion company.
Can I Create a Stress-free Asset Transfer?
Estate planning is a cornerstone of any healthy financial plan, but it can be difficult to discuss.
