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.
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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When Special Care Is Needed: The Special Needs Trust
A special needs trust helps care for a special needs child when you’re gone.
A Checklist for When a Spouse or Parent Passes
An overview of some fundamental steps when a loved one passes.
Charitable Giving: Smart from the Heart
Do you have causes that you want to support with donations?
Are You Prepared for an Estate Tax Sunset?
The federal estate tax exemption sunsets in 2025. Learn more about what to do to make the most of the higher threshold.
A Checklist for When a Spouse or Parent Passes
An overview of some fundamental steps when a loved one passes.
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.
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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What's My Potential Estate Tax?
This calculator helps estimate your federal estate tax liability.
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Safeguard Your Digital Estate
If you died, what would happen to your email archives, social profiles and online accounts?
Charitable Giving: Smart from the Heart
Do you have causes that you want to support with donations?
When Do You Need a Will?
When do you need a will? The answer is easy: Right Now.
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.
When Special Care Is Needed: The Special Needs Trust
A special needs trust helps care for a special needs child when you’re gone.