Estate Planning

Estate planning documents are often forgotten until something triggers a need. My first "need" came in the year 2000. My husband and I were planning…

Every family’s got one. Mr. No. That brother or uncle or nephew who relishes picking a fight. Harvard accepted your daughter? The school’s too chi-chi.…

Over 2,500,000 people die in the United States each year, according to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention. More than half die without wills…

Despite his tragic death, Robin Williams’ comedic and dramatic gifts will live on through DVDs, streaming devices, televisions and movie houses. Williams may have unwittingly…

As Lila Wittig-Graser’s article confirms, it is not always easy to choose the trustee under a trust to be administered after your death. It shouldn’t…

We’ve all had that self-satisfied feeling that comes with executing estate planning documents. We sign, and then we go on with life. We marry, have…

A generation ago, a family’s most valuable asset was its home. Placing that property in the names of both spouses, with rights of survivorship, usually…