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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Estate Management 101

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.

Everything You Need To Know About Tax-Free Family Gifting

Everything You Need To Know About Tax-Free Family Gifting

With a well-planned gifting strategy, you can transfer wealth tax-free to your beneficiaries.

When Special Care Is Needed: The Special Needs Trust

When Special Care Is Needed: The Special Needs Trust

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

Talking With Aging Parents About Their Finances

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

What is the Value of Your Business?

Ascertaining the value of your business is important for a variety of reasons.

Estate Management Checklist

Is your estate in order? This short quiz may help you assess your overall strategy.

How To Talk Through Transitioning a Family Business

Five strategies to navigate difficult conversations around succession planning and help bring a family together.

Critical Estate Documents

Sound estate management includes creating financial and healthcare documents. Here's an inside look.

A Brief History of Estate Taxes

Federal estate taxes have long since been a lucrative source of funding for the federal government.

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Charitable Giving: Smart from the Heart

Do you have causes that you want to support with donations?

Safeguard Your Digital Estate

If you died, what would happen to your email archives, social profiles and online accounts?

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.

Exit Strategies of the Rich and Famous

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

When Special Care Is Needed: The Special Needs Trust

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

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