What Is a ‘Residuary’ Estate?
In simple terms, a residuary estate is any part of your estate that hasn’t been distributed to your heirs through a last will and testament.
How Can I Minimize My Probate Estate?
Estate planning is not just for the wealthy. Anyone with a bank account, house, car or other personal property should have a will.
The Risks of Creating Your Own Estate Plan
Even Consumer Reports suggests working with an experienced estate planning attorney to ensure documents are correctly prepared.
Do You Have a Will?
According to a recent Gallup poll, a little over half (54%) of adults in America don’t have a will.
What Is a TOD Beneficiary?
A person named as a transfer on death (TOD) beneficiary for an account will receive the assets held in it when the account owner dies.
Does Estate Administration Need to Be Supervised?
What is an unsupervised administration and why is it better than other types?
What Assets are Not Considered Part of an Estate?
In presentations regarding essential actions individuals should take regarding inheritance, emphasis is usually placed on drafting a will. This leaves unanswered what happens to assets that do not pass by will —so called non-probate assets.
What Needs to Be Reviewed in Estate Plan?
Here are some important parts of your estate plan that should be reviewed.
How Do I Avoid Probate?
There are good reasons why people want their estates to avoid probate, and a lot of ways to do it.
What’s the Difference between Probate Assets and Non-Probate Assets?
Non-probate assets are those assets which do not go into an estate when the owner dies.
