Estate
Effective estate management enables you to manage your affairs during your lifetime and control the distribution of your wealth after death. An effective estate strategy can spell out your healthcare wishes and ensure that they're carried out – even if you are unable to communicate. It can even designate someone to manage your financial affairs should you be unable to do so.
When Special Care Is Needed: The Special Needs Trust
A special needs trust helps care for a special needs child when you’re gone.
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Charitable Giving: Smart from the Heart
Do you have causes that you want to support with donations?
Yours, Mine, and Ours: Estate Strategies for Second Marriage
Second marriages are a trigger event to revisit any existing estate strategies.
Safeguard Your Digital Estate
If you died, what would happen to your email archives, social profiles and online accounts?
Problems with Probate
Probate can be a completely public process, or it can be managed to include as little information as possible.
Critical Estate Documents
Sound estate management includes creating financial and healthcare documents. Here's an inside look.
A Brief History of Estate Taxes
Federal estate taxes have long been a source of funding for the federal government.
Estate Management Checklist
Is your estate in order? This short quiz may help you assess your overall strategy.
Put It in a Letter
A letter of instruction provides additional and more personal information regarding your estate.
Bring Your Wealth Transfer Vision to Life
Bring Your Wealth Transfer Vision to Life
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Comparing Mortgage Terms
Compare different mortgage term lengths side by side to find the option that fits your budget.
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Safeguard Your Digital Estate
If you died, what would happen to your email archives, social profiles and online accounts?
Estate Management 101
A will may be only one of the documents you need—and one factor to consider—when it comes to managing your estate.
Charitable Giving: Smart from the Heart
Do you have causes that you want to support with donations?
When Special Care Is Needed: The Special Needs Trust
A special needs trust helps care for a special needs child when you’re gone.
4 Elements of an Estate Strategy
Learn about the importance of having an estate strategy in this helpful and informative video.
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