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  Designating assets to a trust is an important strategy in estate planning. Trusts can be set up to specifically address a variety of familial goals, and even to earmark funds for our own eventual…
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  Assigning assets to new owners can be a useful estate planning strategy, especially when circumstances make a speedy and private inheritance preferable. In essence, when asset ownership is effectively shifted ahead of death, the…
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  Reckoning with the progressive cruelties of dementia is an ongoing and stressful process for impacted families. Though tendencies to deny and minimize the challenges are understandable, a proactive approach to designating decision makers to…
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  After a loss in a civil court case, If there are grounds to appeal, the losing party, referred to as the appellant, may delay paying the damages established in the original judgment until the…
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  A fiduciary is any person given responsibility for the financial and or care decisions of someone experiencing a decline in capacity, or a minor. A person responsible for closing out the affairs of the…
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  Who gets what? In a nutshell, inheritance succession refers to the details in state laws  that specify the order in which assets are distributed to relations when someone dies intestate–aka without a will. Typically,…
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  Among the many reasons why it is critical to create an estate plan, anchored by a will and or trust, is the designation of one or more fiduciaries who understand and are committed to…
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  Indeed, making a will is one of the best gifts we can give loved ones and friends. Even if the assets involved are modest, leaving them organized reduces a lot of wear and tear…
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  Though the desire to “divide everything equally” among adult children is an understandable and common approach to estate planning, it may not always be the best. Differing life circumstances may point to different solutions,…
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