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.
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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Exit Strategies of the Rich and Famous
Estate conservation is too important to put off. Do you have a smart exit strategy?
Managing an Inheritance
A windfall from a loved one can be both rewarding and complicated.
Safeguard Your Digital Estate
If you died, what would happen to your email archives, social profiles and online accounts?
Creating a Comprehensive Estate Plan
What does it take to create or update your estate plan? Here's a 7-step Estate Planning Checklist to help you get started.
Estate Management Checklist
Is your estate in order? This short quiz may help you assess your overall strategy.
Put It in a Letter
A letter of instruction provides additional and more personal information regarding your estate.
When Heirs are Imperfect
The money problems or bad lifestyle habits of adult children could lead to the squandering of any inheritance they receive.
Year-End Planning: Preserve, Grow, and Give
Ensure your wealth is preserved, grown, and passed on by using strategic, purposeful year-end planning for lasting impact.
Smart Habits to Protect Generational Wealth
Learn how to preserve and encourage family wealth with these simple, effective financial habits.
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What's My Potential Estate Tax?
This calculator helps estimate your federal estate tax liability.
What Is My Current Net Worth?
Use this calculator to estimate your net worth by adding up your assets and subtracting your liabilities.
What Is My Life Expectancy?
Estimate how many years you may need retirement assets or how long to provide income to a surviving spouse or children.
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Exit Strategies of the Rich and Famous
Estate conservation is too important to put off. Do you have a smart exit strategy?
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.
When Do You Need a Will?
When do you need a will? The answer is easy: Right Now.
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.
Safeguard Your Digital Estate
If you died, what would happen to your email archives, social profiles and online accounts?
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