Many elderly Americans are entitled to a lot of money that they may have forgotten about or do not know how to locate, because they have...

There are many different types of trusts that can do different things. No type of trust is absolutely better than any other type, so the...

While it is not possible to dispel everything that people mistakenly believe about wills and trusts, a few things come up often enough...

Estate planning does not need to be just about property and money. It can also create a lasting legacy, if you can be flexible enough to...

If you do not plan ahead for what might happen to you if you are ever incapacitated, then your family will have to make health care...

Sometimes estate attorneys do contact people unexpectedly to inform them that they might have inherited something. However, you should be...

It is important to change plans, when things change that make your previous plans bad. Imagine that you own a business. You have...

Disposing of assets through beneficiary designations is popular today and seemingly easy to do. However, there are reasons to be careful...

The increasing popularity of cryptocurrencies creates challenges for planning how those assets will be handled, after the owner passes...

Many states are grappling with their guardianship statutes, so that they can do a better job of preventing elder abuse. One question that...

Many different things can happen that will make your current estate plan less than ideal. However, some things happen more often than...

Seniors normally prefer to live at home, as long as they can stay out of a facility. It is important to carefully plan for that. There...

A recent study suggests that Medicare Advantage enrollees are more likely to go to lower quality nursing homes, than people enrolled in...

If you own your own business and plan for it to survive after you, it is important that you have an estate plan that allows that to...

If you know that your family is likely to fight over your estate, you can limit the fight greatly, by using a trust instead of a will....

Adding a child as the joint tenant of your home to avoid probate is always a very bad idea. Some bad ideas in estate planning never seem...

If you have a health care power of attorney and living will, you should make sure that someone you trust knows where to find them. It is...

Gaining access to the digital accounts of deceased loved ones is slowly becoming easier. That means that people need to think about what...

Estate sales are increasingly popular ways to get rid of unwanted items of personal property from an estate. One Colorado woman recently...

We are all going to die. However, most of us would rather not think about it. Getting more comfortable with the idea, has benefits....