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.

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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?

White Elephant Inheritance

This article deals with how one might deal with a burdensome inheritance.

4 Elements of an Estate Strategy

Learn about the importance of having an estate strategy in this helpful and informative video.

• Articles

  Understanding the Alternate Valuation Date

  Executors can value the estate on the date of death, or on its six-month anniversary —the “Alternate Valuation Date."

  Estate Strategies of the Rich and Famous

  The examples of famous celebrities underline the need for a clear estate strategy.

  Four Reasons Millennials Need an Estate Strategy

  Estate strategies for millennials may sound like less of a concern than retirement, but young adults should prepare now.

  A Living Trust Primer

  Living trusts are popular, but their appropriateness will depend upon your individual needs and objectives.

  Problems with Probate

  Probate can be a completely public process, or it can be managed to include as little information as possible.

  3 Estate Challenges for Blended Families

  This article will help your clients with blended families think and prepare their estate strategy.

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• Calculators

  Comparing Mortgage Terms

  Compare different mortgage term lengths side by side to find the option that fits your budget.

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• Videos

  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.

  4 Elements of an Estate Strategy

  Learn about the importance of having an estate strategy in this helpful and informative video.

  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.

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