Estate Planning: Make Sure Your Wishes are Honored

A medical power of attorney and living will are crucial estate planning steps, and like long term care insurance, must be set in place early in life for optimal protection.

Enduring Power of Attorney Being Phased Out

From the first Monday in April next year, the Enduring Power of Attorney will be banished forever. Its replacement will be more complex to get and is likely to cost more.

Why Estate Planning Is a Woman's Issue

In a nation consumed with wealth-building, it's easy to forget that earning money is only half the financial security battle. Equally important is protecting our hard-won financial security with a well-designed estate plan. For women, the importance of planning is paramount, because most often women must cope when loved ones become disabled or die.

Protecting Your Child: Setting Up a Special Needs Trust

Setting up a Special Needs Trust for children with disabilities.

Developing Your Estate Plan

You've spent years growing your wealth and building your estate, so it is just good sense to plan to protect your assets and pass them on to your beneficiaries according to your wishes. When you're ready to sit down and develop an estate plan, keep these tips in mind.

New Cyprus Residents - Make Sure You Know Who Will Inherit Your Estate

In an earlier article, author Michael Yates drew attention to the need to review assets and the manner in which they are held in order to escape liability to inheritance tax in the United Kingdom. The key lies in domicile, even more so after the British Government's decision to tax the most basic of estate planning arrangements. So what is domicile?

Estate Planning Attornies

There are many ‘do-it-yourself’ books and websites which purport to help with estate planning. While some of them are very informative, some are highly confusing and misleading. It’s Ok to read through them for a fair understanding of the concept, but remember that estate planning is a complex matter, involving lot of valuations and intricate tax matters, and is subject to ever-changing laws, which many of us lesser mortals may not comprehend completely. Moreover, laws differ from state to state. Therefore, though there’s no compulsion to hire an attorney, make sure to take professional help to save yourself and your beneficiaries from complications.

Planning for the Intangibles

Over views questions surrounding intangible digital assets as a relative consideration to ones estate planning needs.

Estate Planning

Estate planning involves distributing your assets after death to such people or causes according to your wish with minimum legal complications and the least tax incidence. And estate planning is not just for the wealthy; nor is it something to be contemplated when you reach the ripe old age of eighty.

Offshore Trust - Effective Estate Planning, You Decide

An over view of offshore trusts as part of viable estate planning and the fear that keeps many clients and attorneys from knowing more about how to use them effectively

Estate Planning - Real Property Disbursement Problems

Over views some problems created by evenly splitting an intrest in real property between your heirs.

Using Life Insurance Wisely

Every family should have a life insurance policy on at least one of the financial providers. A policy should always be in place in case one of the primary breadwinners passes away so that the family will be able to support itself if no other source of income is available after the breadwinner dies.

Putting your Estate in Order

Put Your Estate in Order For business owners, an effective estate plan addresses a number of concerns over and above the desire to care for surviving family members. Control over who will run the business, conservation of the owner's assets in the face of legal expenses and taxes, and the liquidity to pay estate taxes due shortly after death are just some of the most pressing issues.

Do You Really Need A Will?

A will is a document in which a person declares what they want done with their property at the time of death. This is an overview of common misconceptions about a last will and testament.

Free Living Will and Free Living Will Forms Online

Looking for a free living will? If you are preparing your finances and other personal matters for your retirement and want to make sure that your family members are taken care of in the event of your death, you will need one. There are several useful sites online where you can download a free living will form to use for your needs. You can chose generic forms based on your state, as each state has different laws regarding living wills.