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If you don’t have a spouse or children, you might think you don’t need to do much estate planning. However, if you have any assets, familial connections, or interest in supporting charitable groups – not to mention a desire to control your own future – you do need to establish an estate plan.

Your estate plan should certainly be revised, if you have gotten married or divorced.

A common dilemma that families face upon the incapacity or death of a loved one is locating estate planning documents. While preparing the documents are the most important step, that is irrelevant if the documents are lost when they most need to be used.

Incapacity can occur because of illness or an accident. It can be temporary or permanent. That’s why every adult needs a power of attorney in place, once they turn eighteen.

Learning how a revocable, irrevocable, & and testamentary trust work will help you decide whether you should put money in a trust.

Was your DIY estate plan prepared correctly? Learn more about things you may want to consider to ensure your plan works when it is needed.

Have you thought about what will happen to your bitcoin when you die? For many of us, the thought has at least crossed our mind.

Your dad bequeathed you a generous sum of money on his passing. Those gifted and inherited assets, in many instances, will be considered ‘separate property,’ not marital property. That might mean that they might not be subject to division, if you divorce. However, perhaps you want to backstop that hoped for result to make the protection more likely to stick if your marriage doesn’t work out.

Without a valid will, a person’s estate passes to their surviving heirs under intestate succession (i.e., ‘succession without a will’).