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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Address Potential Incapacity with Estate Planning

Address Potential Incapacity with Estate Planning

Use a power of attorney and revocable trust to ensure your wishes are honored if you become incapacitated.

When Special Care Is Needed: The Special Needs Trust

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A special needs trust helps care for a special needs child when you’re gone.

Planning for a Child With Special Needs

5 ways to navigate the financial challenges associated with caring for someone with special needs.

Talking With Aging Parents About Their Finances

How you can make conversations with your parents about their finances easier and more productive.

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What real-life planning situations require when traditional heirs aren’t part of the picture.

Understanding the Alternate Valuation Date

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

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Exit Strategies of the Rich and Famous

Estate conservation is too important to put off. Do you have a smart exit strategy?

4 Elements of an Estate Strategy

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

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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A special needs trust helps care for a special needs child when you’re gone.

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