by Christine | Jul 17, 2013 | Estate Planning, Estates, Pet Trust, Trusts, Wills |
Why do otherwise doting pet parents fail to make such plans? Most people assume they’ll outlive their pets, says Barry Seltzer, a Toronto-based estate lawyer and co-author of Fat Cats & Lucky Dogs: How to Leave (Some of) Your Estate to Your Pet. And death and...
by Christine | Jul 16, 2013 | Estate Planning, Family Home, Real Estate |
How do children nudge often-reluctant parents toward making sound and fiscally smart decisions about the future of the family home? The family home is more than likely the most important or valuable asset in one’s estate. So it makes sense to include...
by Christine | Jul 10, 2013 | Digital Estate Planning, Estate Planning |
A number of services can help with digital estate planning by designating password recipients or deleting accounts or files when you die. But communication and privacy laws have yet to catch up with technology. Planning for digital assets is becoming more and more...
by Christine | Jul 9, 2013 | Estate Law, Estate Planning, Trusts |
When Juliann Reynolds' husband died of cancer in 1992, she had to decide how to plan her own estate … Reynolds is one of a growing number of parents who are requiring their heirs to wait until they are older before they can collect their inheritances. When...
by Christine | Jul 4, 2013 | Estate Planning, Family Planning, Succession Planning |
If you run a family business, you probably already know research indicates family-owned businesses tend to have better long-term financial performance than their counterparts that aren’t run by blood relations. And you’re probably well aware infighting among family...
by Christine | Jul 3, 2013 | Estate Planning, Trusts |
Americans were once trust-happy. Now many are having second thoughts, and rightly so. How irrevocable is the so-called irrevocable trust? Well, many people are ready to find out as they consider changes to their trusts now that ATRA 2012 is in the mix. Forbes recently...
