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5 Commonly Asked Financial Questions During Divorce
Divorce involves more than just heartbreak and hassle. Your life savings, financial security and future earnings are also at stake. Don't leave settlement of the...
Making the Right Senior Housing Choice
It's never an easy task to find senior housing for a relative, close friend or yourself. The decision is often the result of failing health...
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Don’t Send Your Student to College Without These 3 Things
Accidental injury is the leading cause of death for adults between ages 18 to 24...
8 Ways to Save on Homeowner’s Insurance
If you're like most Americans, your home represents the single largest investment you'll ever make. So...
Should You Name Your Trust as Beneficiary of Retirement Plan Assets?
As you may know, the person (or persons) designated as the beneficiary of your tax-deferred 401(k)...
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Are You Getting a Late Start on Retirement Saving?
Have you suddenly realized that you're getting older and still haven't saved much for retirement? Don't...
Here’s Why You Should Keep Track of Your Subscription-Based Services.
It’s easy to overlook the need to keep track of monthly services or subscriptions. Especially...
Prepare Your Family with an Estate Planning Letter
When you pass away or if you become incapacitated, it's natural for your family to feel...
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How to Prove You’re an Heir of a Distant Relative
Many people fantasize they will get a notice stating they are entitled to inherit money from a long-lost relative. This could be someone that the...
Want to Avoid Probate? Here are 6 Ways to Do It.
Life is busy. If you're like most people, you have a long list of things to do. However, it's critical to make time regularly to...
Benefits of Charitable Remainder Trusts
A charitable remainder trust (CRT) is an irrevocable trust set up to benefit a charitable organization. The trust's term is one lifetime, several lifetimes, or a...
Plan Now So Guardianship is Not Necessary
Here's a scenario that some family members sadly face: They contact their estate planning attorney to explain that an elderly relative is no longer able...
10 Mistakes That Could Hurt Your Estate Plan
Sometimes people attempt to make an estate plan without consulting legal and financial professionals.
Mostly this is because they may have a general understanding of estate...
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5 Commonly Asked Financial Questions During Divorce
Divorce involves more than just heartbreak and hassle. Your life savings, financial security and future earnings are also at stake. Don't leave settlement of the...
How to Set Up a Special Needs Trust
Medical advances, an aging population, a changing political scene and the increase of conditions such as autism are combining to produce a growing need for...
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The New Legal Rights of Your Beneficiaries: Should These Be Drafted Out of Your...
In keeping with uniform trust law, Illinois has joined 34 other states in adopting its own version of the Uniform Trust Code known as the Illinois Trust Code (ITC), effective January 1, 2020.
Provisions in...
Could Your Beneficiaries Make the Cut? The SECURE Act’s Eligible Designated Beneficiary
Ushering in the new 10 Year Rule, the SECURE Act has changed the way inherited retirement accounts are now distributed. That is, to everyone but a select group. The Act has created a new...
Your Quick Guide: What to Do About the SECURE Act and Your Estate Plan
On December 20, 2019, President Trump signed the Setting Every Community Up for Retirement Enhancement Act (SECURE Act), effective January 1, 2020. This law is the most impactful legislation affecting retirement accounts in decades....
How the SECURE Act Will Affect You and the Beneficiaries of Your Retirement Accounts
On December 20, 2019, President Trump signed the Setting Every Community Up for Retirement Enhancement Act (SECURE Act). The SECURE Act, which is effective January 1, 2020. The Act is the most impactful legislation...
WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT MEDICAID PLANNING
You’re active and in relatively good health. You’re finally enjoying the things you now have time to do as a retiree – or looking forward to those days coming soon. The last thing you...
Don’t Send Your Student to College Without These 3 Things
Accidental injury is the leading cause of death for adults between ages 18 to 24 with over a quarter million being hospitalized yearly for non-lethal injuries. Not a statistic that parents – who are...
The Conversations You Must Have Now About Your Health Care Decisions
Selecting a trust-worthy agent who will ultimately be the decision-making authority for your medical care if something happens to you is an important decision. The goal is for your agent to make decisions in...
Understand the Basics of Estate Planning
For many people, mapping out an estate plan is something they intend to think about later. But too often, later never comes.
The reasons for not dealing with estate planning now may include not wanting to confront your...
How Will You Handle Your Digital Estate? (And, yes, you do have one.)
Some assets don’t necessarily fit into our traditional approach to estate planning. We know how to account for bank accounts and real property. But hundreds of dollars’ worth of frequent flyer miles or credit...
Do You Know What the “Other Hand” is Doing in Handling Your Estate?
You manage most of the bill payments and banking. Your spouse covers the insurance and investment accounts.
It’s a common practice in many married households to split household responsibilities. Usually a partner’s skills or knowledge...