Gifting Personal Items in an Estate Plan

Gifting Personal Items in an Estate Plan

Gaps in an estate plan can lead to conflict among surviving family members.  Estate plans tend to focus on big-ticket items like houses, cars, bank accounts, and investments.  But deciding who is entitled to personal momentos – especially valuable ones-can be an...
Trust Funding:  Is Everything Titled Correctly?

Trust Funding: Is Everything Titled Correctly?

Working with an attorney to draft a trust agreement for estate planning purposes is an important step. But just getting the document drafted and signed is not enough. For any trust to be effective, you must complete the process of funding your trust as soon as you...