How Do I Calculate My Executor’s Fee?
My parents died five months apart. I am the executor. How is the executor fee calculated fairly?
Can Your Will Be Securely Stored in the ‘Cloud?’
The typical explanation given for retaining original wills at the lawyer’s office is that clients might lose them, or executors may be unable to find them at the appropriate time.
How Does the SECURE Act Change Your Estate Plan?
These changes are so significant that every such plan holders should review their wishes and how their estate plans may be affected.
How Current is Your Estate Plan?
Most people do not update their estate plans often enough. The most common (and most absurd) excuse for not updating planning, that most advisers hear is: Nothing has changed.
What Do I Need in My Estate Plan in Addition to a Will?
This time of year, families gather to celebrate the season, offering an opportunity to air your plans for the inevitable.
Use A Dynasty Trust to Protect Your Wealth
Movie scenes where a deceased tycoon’s will is read to a roomful of shocked and bitter relatives make for great drama, but drama is the last thing anyone wants, when seeking to preserve an estate for future generations.
The SECURE Act and Your Retirement
While most of us had stockings and menorahs on our minds, President Trump on Dec. 20 signed the Secure Act that makes the most significant changes in retirement accounts we’ve seen in years.
Estate Plan—or Lack of One—Will Have an Impact on How You are Remembered
Various studies show that most adults have not prepared a legal will. However, the point I’m really trying to make is that everyone has a will in a way—just not one that they have executed.
How Do I Disinherit My Family?
Properly disinheriting another person is a science, not an art. You should follow formal legal guidelines, instead of assuming what you think is logical will work once your estate is administered.
Loss of Stretch IRA is Not Such a Big Deal
The stretch IRA is dead and everyone (including me) is writing about how this is the apocalypse for IRA planning. Well, it isn’t. Let’s all take a deep breath.