Estate Planning: A Timeline
Estate planning isn’t something you do just once, as you approach your twilight years, and then forget. Actually, the best way to approach estate planning is to start early, and continually review and revise your estate plan throughout your life. But what should you be doing when? How should your estate plan grow and evolve […]
Bitcoin and Estate Planning
A key part of estate planning is accounting for all your assets, including currencies—and that can be easier said than done. After all, currency itself is changing all the time. It is increasingly common for investors to consolidate their assets in the form of cryptocurrencies, with Bitcoin being the best-known example. The question is, how […]
Should You Do Your Own Estate Planning?
While you certainly can handle your own estate planning, that doesn’t necessarily mean you should. After all, fixing an estate planning mistake can prove costly—and in some cases, errors can’t be fixed at all. What’s more, it’s all too easy to make a mistake that nobody even catches until after you’re deceased. Reasons to Think […]
Estate Planning and Digital Assets
When it comes to estate planning, it’s important to be rigorous in inventorying your assets and being careful to allocate each and every one. This is easy enough with tangible assets, but what about those things that exist solely in the digital realm? As our lives become progressively digitized, these unembodied assets are increasingly critical […]
How Divorce Impacts Estate Planning
One of the keys to proper estate planning is reviewing your estate plan on a regular basis, making sure that it reflects changes to your life and to your family dynamic. Case in point: It’s always important to review and revise your estate plan as you begin divorce proceedings. Consider this: Should you die or […]
Choosing the Right Estate Planning Lawyer
Working with an estate planning lawyer can help you make big decisions with total confidence; whatever your wishes for the legacy you leave behind, a good estate planning lawyer will help you achieve them. As you work with an estate planning lawyer, you’ll lean on his or her expertise—yet you’ll also need to be candid […]
Estate Planning with Pets in Mind
Estate planning is an important way to protect and provide for your loved ones—and for many individuals, those loved ones include pets! Now, to be clear, pets can’t be property owners, so you cannot leave physical assets to a dog or cat in the same way you could your spouse or your children. With that […]
Estate Planning Around Specific Assets
What is Estate Planning?
Choosing the Right Trustee & Guardian
