Retirees Need Estate Planning Documents
Few retirees have all of these documents that are crucial to their golden years — especially during a pandemic.
August 26, 2021
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Few retirees have all of these documents that are crucial to their golden years — especially during a pandemic.
Usually when asked to be the executor of a family member’s estate, the person feels honored and trusted. It’s a big responsibility, since the executor will be tasked with carrying out a loved one’s final wishes.
If you haven’t reviewed your beneficiary designations recently, you may be setting your heirs and estate up for some unpleasant surprises.
The Covid-19 has produced a rise in estate planning…but not a large enough one. Most Americans still do not have a last will and testament.
Most people wish to have more control over who and how their assets are managed than what the state laws provide, and so they draft documents that can override the Laws of Intestacy, when those laws do not match their objectives.
Estate planning is the process of arranging who will receive your assets when you die.
More and more often, estate beneficiaries are retaining their own attorneys to make sure that the executor properly administers the estate.
The Setting Every Community Up for Retirement Enhancement Act or the SECURE Act, went into effect on January 1, 2020. Before we dive into what
Many people draft personal notes to their loved ones and their successors. However, few take the time to pen a thoughtful letter to their executor to help guide their decisions in the future.
Besides seeking to draft or alter wills and trusts, many clients were changing trustees, executors and the agents they assigned to oversee their finances and health care, if they were unable to make decisions themselves.
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