Estate Planning · September 08, 2025

A $1.5 million tax mistake devastated the Rowland family, proving that even wealthy families with documents in place can lose everything to a simple oversight. Estate planning isn’t just about having a will or trust, it’s about ensuring your plan actually works when your family needs it most. This article reveals how small errors can trigger massive losses and how Life & Legacy Planning® helps protect your legacy. Read more…

Estate Planning · September 01, 2025

Labor Day honors your hard work and, this year, how far every dollar must stretch. With prices up and benefits shifting, you can’t afford probate delays, court fees, or confusion. This piece shows how Life & Legacy Planning helps working families protect assets, avoid costly hold-ups, and ensure minor children and caregivers have immediate support when it matters most. Give your labor a lasting impact. Read more.

Estate Planning · August 20, 2025

Here are a few things women should know about estate planning and how it can help protect the financial security of loved ones. Things like making less in their careers and having less in savings due to pay discrepancies and time taken out of the workforce to raise their families, estate planning is an even more important task.

Estate Planning · September 09, 2022

Today, It’s critically important to have the appropriate safeguards in place to reduce the risk of fraud and identity theft, especially for your senior parents. Because your parents are unlikely to be as savvy about digital technology and may be losing some of their powers of discernment as they age, it will almost certainly be up to you to help them in protecting themselves—and ultimately, your inheritance.

Estate Planning · October 22, 2020

You may think your pets are family, but the law considers them to be nothing more than personal property just like your cars, furniture, and electronic devices. In order for the law to treat your pets the way you want them to be treated, it is your responsibility to make that clear through estate planning. If you would like your pets to be taken care of properly after your death, you have to plan ahead to ensure their safety and care when you are not able to do it yourself.

Estate Planning · August 21, 2020

An emergency can happen at any time and at any place, and the scene can be overwhelming, terrifying, and at least, confusing. When facing life-threatening emergencies, there isn’t much time to think. You must be prepared to act and act fast, which is why you should be prepared beforehand. Here is a basic summary of the most-recommended supplies to give you some idea of what items you should have ready to go in case you need to get out of your home within minutes.

Estate Planning · January 03, 2020

There are many things that you cannot predict but can prepare for, such as death. After your death, or even if you are disabled and unable to make decisions for yourself, you need to make sure someone, who is called your Agent, can make important decisions on your behalf. Your Agent should be someone you can trust and will carry out your wishes exactly the way you would like. Learn here the different types of agents everyone must have.

Estate Planning · August 30, 2019

Conflicts frequently erupt in blended families as children, especially from a prior marriage and spouse's interests, often aren't aligned. As Estate Planning mistakes become costly when your family have to sort out disagreements in probate court, it is critical that you clearly state your terms in your estate plan and that you communicate and explain your wishes to your loved ones in person while you're still alive to reduce the chances of conflict and to bring them closer at the same time.

Estate Planning · July 22, 2019

Scammers view seniors as easy targets and nowadays, they use a wide array of sophisticated and highly effective tactics which even the most intelligent and educated can be duped. Be alert and protect your aging loved ones and yourself from such predators by knowing the three big red flags of financial exploitation we listed to safeguard your family's finances.

Estate Planning · July 15, 2019

No matter who you are, your life will inevitably change: families change, laws change, assets change, and goals change. In the absence of any major life events, it is important to review your plan annually to make sure its terms are up to date. There are several common life events that require you to immediately update your plan—that is, if you want it to actually work and keep your loved ones out of court and out of conflict.