Blog Posts in October, 2012
Estate planning is a complicated endeavor, and you shouldn’t try to draft a will, set up trusts, or divide your possessions without the help of a probate attorney. There is a lot to learn about ...
Continue reading "Learning from the Stars: Celebrity Estate Planning Mistakes" »
Posted on Oct 31, 2012 By Matt Butterworth
If you are the heir of a trust fund, you may want to terminate the trust and remove the assets that are therein. As well, as the creator of the fund you may decide to change your mind and terminate a ...
Continue reading "Can you Terminate a Trust Fund?" »
Posted on Oct 30, 2012 By Matt Butterworth
Five percent of all Americans have a serious, chronic mental disability. Studies show that half of all Americans will be affected by some sort of mental illness at some point in their lives. This can ...
Continue reading "What is a Psychiatric Advance Directive?" »
Posted on Oct 25, 2012 By Matt Butterworth
Not all families are typical. In fact, most families in this day and age are not a mother, father, and biological children. There may be step-children, half-sisters and half-brothers, adopted ...
Continue reading "Estate Planning and Blended Families" »
Posted on Oct 22, 2012 By Matt Butterworth
If you will be administering an estate, then you are going to need to obtain a tax identification number first. This is often referred to as TIN or employer identification number (EIN.) The TIN is ...
Continue reading "How to Set up a Tax ID for your Estate" »
Posted on Oct 18, 2012 By Matt Butterworth
If you created a trust to protect your beneficiaries, then you might want to name a corporate trustee to guard the assets, rather than a family member. Even the family that you love and trust most may ...
Continue reading "Corporate Trustees: What are They and Should you Get One?" »
Posted on Oct 16, 2012 By Matt Butterworth
If you are planning your will and determining what you want to do with your fortune when you pass away, it’s important that you know what your net worth is. You are going to have to take steps ...
Continue reading "What is Your Net Worth?" »
Posted on Oct 12, 2012 By Matt Butterworth
Many people love to collect, and those collections can end up being incredibly valuable later on in life. Whether you have a case of Elvis memorabilia or a stack of baseball cards, your collection ...
Continue reading "Make a Plan for your Prized Collection" »
Posted on Oct 8, 2012 By Matt Butterworth
When we think of estate planning, we normally think about the assets that we will leave behind for our children and grandchildren upon our deaths. Yet estate planning also includes all plans for ...
Continue reading "Planning for your Business Exit in Today's Market" »
Posted on Oct 5, 2012 By Matt Butterworth
While we wish we were immortal, the fact is that every person on earth eventually ends his or her life. During the later stages of living, aging Americans often run into health complications. Some ...
Continue reading "How to Create a Health Care Proxy" »
Posted on Oct 2, 2012 By Matt Butterworth
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