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Choosing the Right Trustee for Your Estate Plan

Carson Wealth

One of the most important decisions you’ll make when designing your estate plan is who to name in the various fiduciary roles: trustee, personal representative, executor and agent. While a critical decision, it’s often given significantly less thought than the distribution of your assets.

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Estate Planning in this Economic Climate

Park Place Financial

Estates Estate Planning in this Economic Climate Schedule a Complimentary Financial Review CLICK HERE TO SCHEDULE. If you are in the middle of estate planning , consider the following strategies to develop a sound plan amidst widespread economic challenges. . Create a Trust . Charitable Remainder Unitrust .

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What to Do When a Parent Dies and You’re the Executor

Darrow Wealth Management

If your parent had a trust, the individual(s) named in the trust documents as successor trustee will control the distribution of the trust assets. Checklist for executors of their parent’s estate Get organized Where are the original estate planning documents located? Who is the attorney who drafted the estate plan?

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3 Celebrity Estate Planning Slipups Clients Can Learn From

eMoney Advisor

That occasion marked an agreement with the IRS on a $156 million value on Prince’s real estate and recordings for the artist who died in April 2016—without a will. What can we learn from celebrity estate planning disasters like this? Such cautionary tales prove the value of proper planning. It turns out, plenty.

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Proposed Tax Law Changes Prompt Estate Planning Review

Brown Advisory

Proposed Tax Law Changes Prompt Estate Planning Review achen Mon, 09/12/2016 - 06:00 A plan to maximize a family’s financial legacy usually saves the most tax by leveraging the longterm compounding of investments outside of the taxable estate. As previously mentioned, gifts of interests in FLPs are a timely example.

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Proposed Tax Law Changes Prompt Estate Planning Review

Brown Advisory

Proposed Tax Law Changes Prompt Estate Planning Review. A plan to maximize a family’s financial legacy usually saves the most tax by leveraging the longterm compounding of investments outside of the taxable estate. Adopting a program of planning early, and monitoring that program, often brings the best results.

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What to do After the Death of a Spouse

Darrow Wealth Management

In addition to making funeral arrangements and notifying family and friends, another priority is alerting your estate planning attorney and financial advisor. Asset Titling, Beneficiary Elections, and Probate The estate planning attorney is going to be critical here. But not everything needs to get done today.