4 Popular Estate Planning Objectives and Strategies to Achieve Them

4 Popular Estate Planning Objectives and Strategies to Achieve Them

God willing, the wealth you have spent a lifetime building will continue to exist after you have passed away or become incapacitated. Likewise, your duties will also persist after you are no longer able to fulfill them. That is why you need estate planning: It ensures...
What is a Trust?

What is a Trust?

Trusts are estate-planning tools that can both supplement and complement wills, effectively allowing a person to benefit from and manage many types of assets and property during life and even after. Trusts have the added benefit of avoiding probate, unlike a will, and...

New Estate Tax Implications of Law Signed on December 17, 2010

We wanted to make you aware of a new law that may significantly impact you and your family. On December 17, 2010, Congress enacted the Tax Relief, Unemployment Insurance Reauthorization and Job Creation Act of 2010 (H.R.4853). Along with extending many of the...