Estate Planning Blog

Naming a beneficiary is a crucial step in estate planning. It promotes your wishes after you’re gone, streamlines inheritance, and spares your loved ones undue stress.

Generative artificial intelligence (AI) is changing the world. However, many overestimate its capabilities. Using AI to create a DIY estate plan might save time now, although time will expose its shortcomings.

Given the massive $84 trillion wealth transfer already underway, it’s best to know all the details before making any big financial legacy moves.

When you’re single and have no children, estate planning looks a little different than for someone who’s married or has children.

Estate planning and divorce are intricate processes, each filled with legal nuances and detailed accounting (to say nothing of the emotions involved).

Some states have filial responsibility laws that let creditors turn to adult children for payment of their parents' medical bills.

A will is just the first step in creating a comprehensive estate plan. A complete plan protects you and your loved ones during your lifetime and beyond.

Tony Bennett's daughters are suing the trustee of his estate, highlighting the importance of clear estate planning to avoid family disputes.

HBO's The Gilded Age dramatizes the privileged lives of some of America's wealthiest families in late 19th century New York City.

Irrevocable trusts can be set up so that the trust maker no longer pays income taxes, and the taxes are instead paid by the trust.