Estate
Effective estate management enables you to manage your affairs during your lifetime and control the distribution of your wealth after death. An effective estate strategy can spell out your healthcare wishes and ensure that they're carried out – even if you are unable to communicate. It can even designate someone to manage your financial affairs should you be unable to do so.

Exit Strategies of the Rich and Famous
Estate conservation is too important to put off. Do you have a smart exit strategy?

When Special Care Is Needed: The Special Needs Trust
A special needs trust helps care for a special needs child when you’re gone.

Critical Estate Documents
Sound estate management includes creating financial and healthcare documents. Here's an inside look.

Safeguard Your Digital Estate
If you died, what would happen to your email archives, social profiles and online accounts?
Put It in a Letter
A letter of instruction provides additional and more personal information regarding your estate.
When Heirs are Imperfect
The money problems or bad lifestyle habits of adult children could lead to the squandering of any inheritance they receive.
8 Things to Consider Before Buying Your Aging Parent’s Home
If you plan to pass real estate down to your adult children, find out what factors to discuss first.
Four Steps to Valuing an Estate
Determining the value of your estate, or for someone who has passed away, can be a complex undertaking.
Digital Legacy Planning: Protecting Your Online Assets
Find out how to ensure your digital accounts are properly incorporated into your estate plan.
A Checklist for When a Spouse or Parent Passes
An overview of some fundamental steps when a loved one passes.
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When Special Care Is Needed: The Special Needs Trust
A special needs trust helps care for a special needs child when you’re gone.
4 Elements of an Estate Strategy
Learn about the importance of having an estate strategy in this helpful and informative video.
Estate Management 101
A will may be only one of the documents you need—and one factor to consider—when it comes to managing your estate.
Exit Strategies of the Rich and Famous
Estate conservation is too important to put off. Do you have a smart exit strategy?
Safeguard Your Digital Estate
If you died, what would happen to your email archives, social profiles and online accounts?