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Estate Planning
Sadly many Americans die without a will in place. Caught up in the joy of life, it is difficult to sit down and think about what will happen to your assets when you die. It is a critical part of your plan to make sure that loved ones are taken care of and not left with a mess and potentially costly mistakes.
In this assessment process, some of the areas we evaluate together include:
Establish & Review Documents
We will help you understand what legal documents and strategies are available like wills, POAs, trusts, and buy sell agreements to protect your personal and business interests in estate planning. We will help you plan and review your documents to ensure that your estate plan is lined up with your wishes.
Review Beneficiary Designations
We will help you make sure that your retirement accounts and life insurance beneficiaries are lined up with both tax efficiency and any special provisions for dependent minors. As life progresses, we’ll want to review your beneficiaries to make sure they are accounting for all of the changes in life from marriage, births, deaths, and divorce.
Optimize Asset Titling
We will help you understand the pros and cons of titling assets in individual, joint, trust, or business entities. Our goal is to determine if any retitling is needed and make sure that legal documents aren’t just created, but that trusts or businesses are actually funded with the appropriate assets.
Other Estate Concerns
We want to help address other concerns like end of life wishes, protection of heirs & children, and developing roles and responsibilities of executors and trustees. Finally, assess any non-charitable gifting that is intended and how distribution will flow at death for control and taxation.
