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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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.
White Elephant Inheritance
This article deals with how one might deal with a burdensome inheritance.
Charitable Giving: Smart from the Heart
Do you have causes that you want to support with donations?
A Checklist for When a Spouse or Parent Passes
An overview of some fundamental steps when a loved one passes.
Put It in a Letter
A letter of instruction provides additional and more personal information regarding your estate.
Managing the Risk of Outliving Your Money
Steps to help you sustain and grow your retirement savings.
Managing an Inheritance
A windfall from a loved one can be both rewarding and complicated.
A Brief History of Estate Taxes
Federal estate taxes have long since been a lucrative source of funding for the federal government.
Planning Your Legacy & Your Family’s Financial Future
Leave a legacy and plan for your family's financial future. Arrange your affairs and find ways to pass on your wealth.
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What Is My Life Expectancy?
Estimate how many years you may need retirement assets or how long to provide income to a surviving spouse or children.
What's My Potential Estate Tax?
This calculator helps estimate your federal estate tax liability.
What Is My Current Net Worth?
Use this calculator to estimate your net worth by adding up your assets and subtracting your liabilities.
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Safeguard Your Digital Estate
If you died, what would happen to your email archives, social profiles and online accounts?
When Do You Need a Will?
When do you need a will? The answer is easy: Right Now.
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.
Exit Strategies of the Rich and Famous
Estate conservation is too important to put off. Do you have a smart exit strategy?
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.
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