Boilerplate documents are everywhere on the internet. You can search for wills and find multiple documents and websites that can help you quickly enter your personal information on to a preexisting form. While this may seem like a fast and efficient solution, it may...
One of the reasons that people often give for putting off their estate planning is that they don’t want to spend money to do it. They just want to save that money so that their children can have it. There are some issues with this strategy, though, including the fact...
Those of us who are a certain age remember the Brady Bunch television show. Mike and Carol got married and merged his three boys with her three girls into one big happy blended family. While the show highlighted the zany antics of everyone living together, what would...
There is an incredible amount of wealth in the world, and all of it has to eventually get passed from its current holders to future generations. While this is something that has always happened, it’s more important today because we’re approaching the largest transfer...
The probate courts primarily exist to take action on behalf of people who can't take care of themselves. The probate courts oversee proceedings involving a person's estate. They also approve guardianships and conservatorships for those who cannot act on their own...
If you recently moved to Arizona, then you may assume the will that you drafted in your previous state is also valid here. That's not necessarily the case, though. There's a high probability that the same types of wills and their provisions aren't valid in both...
Creating and funding a trust can be a great way to plan your estate. Depending on your needs, a trust can serve a lot of different purposes. It can regulate how your beneficiaries use their inheritance. It can protect your estate from taxation or your assets from...
An estate plan may only take a few months to sort out, but it could also take years. One thing that can cause the process to drag on is when the heirs are contesting the plan or arguing over some portion of it in court. A probate end date If the case does wind up in...
When you agreed to be the executor of someone’s estate, you had no idea how time-consuming and costly the process would become. It’s draining your energy and your wallet. Is there any way to make the estate pay some of your expenses? Can you ask to be reimbursed for...
Everyone needs to have a will, but did you know that there are some things that you should not put into your will? You may think that a will is the perfect place for anything you want to distribute or talk about, but the truth is that there are some things that should...