How many Americans have comprehensive estate plans?
Americans need to have comprehensive estate plans, because those plans help protect them, their assets and their beneficiaries. Comprehensive estate plans aren’t simply wills or wills and a simple health care power of attorney. These plans are much more extensive and...
Will your estate need to go through ancillary probate?
You’ve always been a bit of a wanderer and found it hard to put down roots in just one place. That’s why you have a summer home, a winter home and a small cabin retreat – all in different parts of the country. That can prove complicated for your heirs when it comes...
3 reasons you should include secondary beneficiaries in your estate plan
For many, developing an estate plan is a singular struggle. These individuals work through the process and file the set of documents away, never to be reviewed or revised. Unfortunately, these people could overlook a factor that might potentially lead to unnecessary...
If an estate has debt, do heirs need to pay?
Ideally speaking, heirs will find that the estate left behind by a deceased parent is going to contain more assets than debts. There are always going to be some debts, even if they're just minor credit card debts for daily purchases, but it will generally not be...