by Christine | May 12, 2015 | Advanced Health Care Directive, Asset Protection, Estate Planning, Estates, Inheritance, Living Trust, Power of Attorney, Probate, Trusts, Wills |
"Everyone of majority age needs at the least a will, a health care directive and a named power of attorney," says Mike Sena, a certified financial planner with White Street Advisors, a money management firm. "The express purpose of estate planning is to...
by Christine | May 5, 2015 | Asset Protection, Estate Planning, Estates, Guardianships, Probate, Wills |
Without a formal direction, your wishes must be interpreted and your estate must be settled by a probate court judge. The process is expensive and encourages disputes. But divvying up wealth is whole lot easier than handing your children off to the state to determine...
by Christine | May 4, 2015 | Asset Protection, Assets, Elder Law, Estate Planning, Estates, Living Trust, Probate, Trustee, Wills |
If a Loved One or you have an estate plan, or even part of one, then some team members already are on board via the planning process and likely are actively serving or are nominated in the documents. They can have roles in the testamentary will, trusts, business...
by Christine | May 1, 2015 | Asset Protection, Elder Law, Estate Plan, Estate Planning, Estate Tax, Estates, Financial Planning, Individual Retirement Accounts (IRA), Living Trust, Trusts, Wills |
Small businesses, including self-employed taxpayers, have two choices after year end (2014) to establish and contribute to a retirement plan. Those two choices are the Simplified Employee Pension (SEP) plan and the individual retirement arrangement (IRA). A recent...
by Christine | Apr 30, 2015 | Assets, Elder Law, Estate Planning, Estates, Inheritance, Living Trust, Probate, Trusts, Wills |
Trusts are private—the only reason Smith's gesture went public is because players put photos of the letters and checks on social media. "I don't think he would have wanted to draw attention to himself," says the trustee of Smith's trust, Tim...
by Christine | Apr 28, 2015 | Asset Protection, Charitable Remainder Trust, Charitable Trust, Elder Law, Estate Planning, Estates, Inheritance, Living Trust, Probate, Trusts, Wills |
Detroit businessman Dick E. Morand is giving to the causes close to his heart. Morand died in Detroit in 1977 at the age of 87. He was founder and owner of D.E. Machinery Company and was vice president of Addy-Morand Machinery Company. His wife, Helen, died in 1976...
