We alluded to year-end resolutions in our immediately preceding blog post, noting in our November 27 entry that many good-faith planners resolutely try "to stay on top of important things in life."
Scratching off that year-end list: Time to talk estate planning?
Kudos for you if you’re a good-faith planner who truly does try to stay on top of important things in life. Perhaps you have some sort of to-do list that you periodically adjust and try to stay tracked in on throughout the year.
4 tips to transfer wealth smoothly
As you make an estate plan, you hope that your heirs will not fight over your assets. That becomes your top priority. You have seen examples within your own family of rifts that grow between adult children when their parents pass away. You have seen those long, complicated court battles and the way that some children never really get back on good terms when it's all said and done.
Divorce, 401(k)/IRA transfers, bankruptcy and … trusts?
Legal commentators frequently make the point that the realm of estate planning is far broader and multi-faceted than is commonly appreciated. Legions of individuals and families in California and nationally duly note that planning applies to focused money concerns and key end-of-life considerations, but don’t immediately see the wider ramifications of estate administration.
This estate will undoubtedly take some time to settle
Not every estate settlement features a yacht of gargantuan dimensions.
