Estate

Effective estate management enables you to manage your affairs during your lifetime and control the distribution of your wealth after death. An effective estate strategy can spell out your healthcare wishes and ensure that they're carried out – even if you are unable to communicate. It can even designate someone to manage your financial affairs should you be unable to do so.

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When Do You Need a Will?

When do you need a will? The answer is easy: Right Now.

4 Elements of an Estate Strategy

Learn about the importance of having an estate strategy in this helpful and informative video.

And the Executor Is

The right executor may help ensure the distribution of your assets is done with as little upheaval as possible.

When Special Care Is Needed: The Special Needs Trust

A special needs trust helps care for a special needs child when you’re gone.

• Articles

  Managing an Inheritance

  A windfall from a loved one can be both rewarding and complicated.

  Steps to Protecting a Child with Disabilities

  Planning for children with special needs can be confusing but by working together, we can help navigate those challenges.

  Four Reasons Millennials Need an Estate Strategy

  Estate strategies for millennials may sound like less of a concern than retirement, but young adults should prepare now.

  Will Power

  Preparing for the eventual distribution of your assets may not sound enticing. But a will puts the power in your hands.

  Critical Estate Documents

  Sound estate management includes creating financial and healthcare documents. Here's an inside look.

  Succeeding at Business Succession

  There are a number of reasons for business owners to consider a business succession plan sooner rather than later.

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• Calculators

  Comparing Mortgage Terms

  Compare different mortgage term lengths side by side to find the option that fits your budget.

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• Videos

  Safeguard Your Digital Estate

  If you died, what would happen to your email archives, social profiles and online accounts?

  4 Elements of an Estate Strategy

  Learn about the importance of having an estate strategy in this helpful and informative video.

  Exit Strategies of the Rich and Famous

  Estate conservation is too important to put off. Do you have a smart exit strategy?

  Charitable Giving: Smart from the Heart

  Do you have causes that you want to support with donations?

  When Special Care Is Needed: The Special Needs Trust

  A special needs trust helps care for a special needs child when you’re gone.

  Estate Management 101

  A will may be only one of the documents you need—and one factor to consider—when it comes to managing your estate.

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