Blog Posts in Estate Planning

Trusts and wills are often confused with one another or used interchangeably. However, these two forms of estate planning are actually quite different. Depending on your needs, goals, and personal ...

When you have children, you want to ensure they have the best possible future, even if you cannot be around to care for them. One step you can take to accomplish this is through estate planning. ...

A living trust is one of the most common types of estate planning tools and, unfortunately, it is also frequently misunderstood. A living trust is designed to allow the person who wrote it to maintain ...

How to Discuss Estate Planning with Aging Parents Anticipating an aging parent’s death is an unfortunate reality for adult children. One topic of conversation that adult children and their parents ...

Probate is a court-supervised legal process that is responsible for assessing a deceased person’s estate, settling their outstanding debts, and distributing the remaining assets to the decedent’s ...

Despite popular misconceptions, estate planning isn’t just for wealthy entrepreneurs or famous celebrities. In fact, if you pass away tomorrow without a valid will in place, the state will ...