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Wills
Category: Wills
Strategies for Protecting Your Family’s Financial Future Through Estate Planning
Learn about the importance of estate planning and how it can provide your family with financial protection.
The Importance of Estate Planning: Securing Your Future and Peace of Mind
Understand the importance of estate planning and learn how wills, powers of attorney, and healthcare directives provide peace of mind and security.
How Important is Your Privacy??
A little-known fact is that a Will becomes public record when someone dies and its filed with the court. Anyone can look it up. Seriously. Try it. You can go and pull up Babe Ruth’s Will if you know where to look. Perhaps this is how after his death there was a rise...
When is the reading of the Will?
Never. The reading of the Will is a Hollywood fiction and a dramatic plot twist in many novels. However, today there is no gathering of the family in the lawyer’s oak filled and dusty library to discuss the final wishes of the family’s loved one. There is no morbid...
Have You Considered Your Digital Assets in Your Estate Plan?
What digital assets you say? We don't always consider that we have such things but most of us do. Your email account, for example. Do you get invoices via email? How will your Agent under a Power of Attorney even know about a bill that has to be paid if that Agent...
Child Going Away To College? Don’t Forget the Student’s Healthcare Documents!
Every year, we offer a simple plan for college students. Once your child turns 18, you are no longer the legal guardian and, depending on the state the college is in, you may not only have no say in his or her medical treatment, you may not even be able to get any...
Do you Own Real Estate in States Other Than New Hampshire? Beware Probate costs!!
Most people do not realize that their estate might have to be probated more than once: once in New Hampshire because they are New Hampshire residents and once again in Massachusetts, Florida, Arizona or wherever they may own real estate. Some of those states can have...
IRA Beneficiary Trusts
A properly drafted standard revocable trust can be the beneficiary of an IRA- the key words being"properly drafted". Using a trust as the beneficiary can be very helpful if the Grantor is concerned about asset protection for his or her beneficiaries. The US Supreme...
The Family Vacation Home in Estate Planning
As the season for enjoying our lake or beach property is winding down, the issue of dealing with those properties in an estate plan may arise. The family vacation home is sometimes a very tough estate planning challenge. This is especially true when the beach or lake...