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 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.
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.
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.
Do I Need an Estate Plan If I’m Single?

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.
Stepchild Inheritance Rights

My spouse passed. I have stepchildren who want a percentage of the profits from selling our house. What are they legally entitled to with no will?
What Happens When a Homeowner Dies Without a Will?

How do we move into probate, so we do not lose the house and bank accounts, while not killing ourselves in the process?
Why Would I Need a Living Trust?

Have you made any plans to distribute your assets and take care of your family, when you die or become incapacitated?
Estate Planning After Remarriage

Married people in second marriages with prior children often have to balance the future well-being of their spouse with that of their own children.