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Estate Planning Checkup for Your Parents (Part 2 of 2)

It is important that the family should review all estate planning documents at least once in every three years just like as you undergo once a month dental check-up. You must keep in mind that the law changes all the time – from assets and even family changes too. It is recommended that you do [...]

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Estate Planning Checkup for Your Parents (Part 1 of 2)

Usually, our parents think that everything’s well taken care of. Estate planning has been done years ago and some documents are full of dust now because it’s been years since they looked at it. In reality, this is not a good sign. Parents must not be relaxed or steady when it comes to this things.
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Beware of Outdated Stuff

An outdated will can cause a lot of hang-ups, even more tragic than having no will at all. Given the situation that includes a man which managed to have a will secured on 2001, giving an amount to a certain person he names as a friend. After a year, they got married but the man [...]

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Updating and Revising Your Will

A will can be updated and revised as effect of the following life changes: births, marriage or divorce, death or incapacity of a named beneficiary in your will. It can also be revised if there are changes in personal net worth, changes in your needs or your beneficiary’s necessities, residence change, tax law changes, change [...]

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What Happens if you Die Without a Will?

If you die without a will, what will happen? Your domicile state (the one you live most of the time) decides what would happen to your assets if you don’t have a valid will. If you’re married or single and has children or relatives, you have to write a will. You should also furnish a [...]

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What is Estate Planning?

So what then is estate planning? It is the process of managing how to transfer effectively your assets, during your lifetime and at the time of death. Without a well-organized estate planning, you can very well lose huge loads of portion of your estate to deductions caused by taxes. More importantly, the primary reason might [...]

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Buying Real Estate in a Declining Market

I have to warn you that purchasing real estate in a market that is declining is a tricky move. You can determine if the market is declining if you can hear usual talks about hitting the button. The US housing market crisis is not an exception to this. It was said that there are market [...]

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Assigning Executors

There is really nothing in the way of you selecting an executor to your estate in the event of your death as long as they are not minors and are in good moral character, meaning they are not in any way criminal in simpler terms. In case you select a minor to execute your estate, [...]

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The Probate – Managing your Estate After Death

A special court called a probate is the legal body which manages such proceedings as the transfer of your assets to the designated executor/s. The first step in the process involves the designated executor to file a claim with the probate court to seek for appointment legally acknowledging his/her power to execute the proceedings regarding [...]

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Estate Planning and the State

The process is quite complex and is required by most states and legal branches of governments all over the globe, why so important. It discusses the nuances of your estate and how it will be dealt with in case you die or are rendered unable to care for yourself (legally incapacitated). Contrary to common knowledge, [...]

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