Many people associate estate planning with that one inevitable aspect of life we don’t like to think about: death. However, we should not ignore the importance of estate planning with regard to situations that may occur while we are still living. Estate planning...
For many folks, trust funding is an alienating concept. Often, when we think of trust funds, we think of privileged socialites flexing their fancy lifestyles, and while this is a reality, it represents only a sliver of the ways trusts are used. Misconceptions like...
Estate planning is often misunderstood. One of the most common misconceptions is that estate planning only outlines the distribution of a person’s assets after they die. This is not the case, however, especially for parents who are responsible for the guardianship of...
When most people think about estate planning, they think about the physical assets that their beneficiaries inherit. While that certainly is a significant aspect of estate planning, there’s another critical element that often gets overlooked: digital assets. Properly...
Fall is ending, and the New Year is just around the corner. The holidays are a complex time of year, full of family gatherings, financial anxiety, joy, obligation, and—for many—the nagging awareness that this year, they really do need to talk to their aging parents...