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  • Common Bad Excuses For Putting Off Estate Planning

    Create a revocable trust and transfer your assets to it during your lifetime. Add the person you want to inherit your assets as a joint owner. These documents will allow you to name someone you trust as an agent for these critical decisions and An estate plan can avoid this by appointing a guardian you and your spouse trust in advance. To avoid this you can establish a trust for your child to ensure they receive their inheritance on your

  • Estate Planning When You Have a Stepfamily

    Using a Trust To Provide for Stepchildren and Step grandchildren The goal of a living trust — also known as a revocable living trust or a revocable trust — is to store assets for you while you are alive, so Houses, land, vehicles, bank accounts, and other assets can all be included in a living trust . Unless you say otherwise, any assets maintained in a living trust will be for your benefit during your This could be in a will, trust, or some other mechanism.

  • Tips on Creating a “Life After Me” Document

    (April 28, 2016) “How to Prepare a ‘Life After Me’ Document” #estateplanning #PlanningfortheFuture #Trusts

  • Irrevocable Trusts May be the Answer to Tough Estate Planning Issues

    One caveat is life insurance trusts. The impact of income taxes also depends on the terms of the irrevocable trust. If the trust terminates at the person’s death and the trust distributes assets to the heirs, your tax basis in those assets will be that of the trust. But if the trust continues beyond the death of the person who created it, then some complex trust tax

  • ESTATE PLANNING TIPS FOR WOMEN IN HOUSTON

    Estate Planning Tips for Women #3: Trusts Can Be Your Best Friend Again, it can seem like a “trust” is Instead, trusts can be used to make sure you pass on the most of your estate possible to your beneficiaries Beyond that, trusts can save you tax money now and can also allow you to make specific provisions for how the assets of the trust are to be used. For example, if you are set on your children attending college, you can earmark funds in the trust specifically

  • Estate Planning Tips for Power Couples

    Maintain a joint checking account for regular expenses, but think about having separate stock and investment

  • Which Will is the Right Fit? Breaking Down the Basic Types

    Then, any property in the probate court “pours over” into the trust. according to the trust agreement. Key Features Include: Assets transfer to a living trust. Trust handles principal distributions. Will ties up loose ends. trust with precision while unfunded assets will be in probate court and poured back into the trust.

  • 7 Things You Didn’t Know You Could Include in Your Estate Plan

    A trust is another legal document that can help you manage your assets during your lifetime and after A Pet Trust You can include a provision in your estate plan to establish a pet trust if you have pets A pet trust allows you to set aside funds to provide for your pets’ care after you pass away. A Unique Trust A trust is a legal document that can help you manage your assets during your lifetime There are several types of trusts, each with unique benefits.

  • Minimum Estate Planning After Having Kids

    they are properly cared for – a guardian and a trustee. A trustee will handle financial matters for your child in your place. Post-mortem Documents Post-mortem documents, like a last will and testament, trust, or testamentary trust Your trust and guardian documents allow you to set out your views and expectations of your children if Many people do not know that a trust can be the named beneficiary of the policy while your children are

  • Your Simple – Yet Comprehensive – Guide to Estate Planning

    steps you should take when considering how to best protect you and your loved ones: Create a Will and Trust A will is one of the most important aspects of a person’s estate plans, but without a trust in place, A trust ensures that the right assets go to those you intended. Trusts and wills work in conjunction to directly instruct the transfer of assets, and if done correctly It is far better to make plans in advance to leave the job to a trusted advisor.

  • Houston Elder Lawyer Answers, “When should I start planning for long-term care?”

    At any point, any one of us could require long-term care. A solid Medicaid Plan and/or Irrevocable trust may also be a wise idea in order to protect your family

  • FOR SOME, TRUSTS ARE A NECESSARY COMPONENT OF AN ESTATE PLAN

    Sometimes, in addition to a will, it is necessary to set up a trust. Trust advantages One of the big advantages of trusts is that they allow property subject to the trust of the trust immediately upon the individual’s death. Trusts are also useful for large estates, as they can help avoid taxes. trust are not accessible by the public.

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