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.
4 Elements of an Estate Strategy
Learn about the importance of having an estate strategy in this helpful and informative video.
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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.
Building Your Financial Dream Team
Learn how different financial professionals can work together to support your goals and strengthen your financial future.
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.
Understanding the Alternate Valuation Date
Executors can value the estate on the date of death, or on its six-month anniversary —the “Alternate Valuation Date."
Four Steps to Valuing an Estate
Determining the value of your estate, or for someone who has passed away, can be a complex undertaking.
Put It in a Letter
A letter of instruction provides additional and more personal information regarding your estate.
4 Steps to Protecting a Child with Disabilities
Planning for a child with special needs can be complicated, confusing, and even overwhelming.
A Brief History of Estate Taxes
Federal estate taxes have long since been a lucrative source of funding for the federal government.
Succeeding at Business Succession
There are a number of reasons for business owners to consider a business succession plan sooner rather than later.
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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.
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.
Charitable Giving: Smart from the Heart
Do you have causes that you want to support with donations?
4 Elements of an Estate Strategy
Learn about the importance of having an estate strategy in this helpful and informative video.
When Do You Need a Will?
When do you need a will? The answer is easy: Right Now.
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