5 Essential Legal Documents You Need for Incapacity Planning
Comprehensive estate planning involves more than just planning for your legacy after your death, it also plans for cases of incapacity.
Inspiring Action: The Guide to Creating or Updating Your Estate Plan
Creating or revising an estate plan can feel overwhelming, causing many people to procrastinate. But the longer you put it off, the more potential there is to be caught unprepared […]
I’m a Survivor . . . and Now I Have My Own Trust?
Many married couples share almost everything, including finances. This may be reflected in their estate plan by using one joint living trust instead of two separate trusts. Separate trusts can […]
Sorry, California: INGs Are No Longer an Option—How Will This Impact You?
California Governor Gavin Newson recently signed legislation that treats incomplete gift nongrantor trusts (INGs) as grantor trusts for state income tax purposes. Retroactive to January 1, 2023, Californians who created […]
Should You Share Your Estate Planning Details with Loved Ones?
When you decide to create a comprehensive estate plan, there are many things to consider. One is whether to tell your loved ones about your plan and how much information […]
How Much Authority Does a Trustee Have Over the Stuff in My Trust?
A trustee is a person or entity responsible for managing and administering your trust according to your instructions and in accordance with state law. They are considered a fiduciary (meaning […]
Estate Planning Roll Call: Important Legal Tools You Should Have
As with any roll call, it is important to make sure that everyone is present and accounted for. Similarly, when assessing an estate plan, several legal tools, or documents, should […]
Your Legacy: How Do You Want to Be Remembered?
As Thomas Campbell, physicist and the author of My Big TOE, once said, “To live in the hearts we leave behind is not to die.” When we lose a loved […]
What Does Portability Mean, and How Do I Use It?
Portability first emerged as an estate planning strategy in 2011 and 2012 from the Tax Relief, Unemployment Insurance Reauthorization, and Job Creation Act of 2010. It was made permanent by the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012.
