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Introduction: Creating a trust is a crucial step in estate planning, allowing individuals to manage their assets and ensure a smooth transfer of wealth to beneficiaries. While the idea of a Do-It-Yourself (DIY) trust might seem appealing, it comes wi… Read More

Adding a payable-on-death (POD) or transfer-on-death (TOD) designation to an account allows the assets (money and property) in that account to be passed to a named beneficiary when the original account holder dies. Like trusts, POD and TOD accounts b… Read More

A loved one’s passing is challenging on many different levels. In addition to the emotional difficulty of processing someone’s death, there are also the many tasks that must be dealt with, such as going through their various accounts and taking t… Read More

Most people usually think about who will receive their retirement and bank accounts, life insurance proceeds, real estate, and other valuable possessions upon their death. However, a person’s personal property (their stuff) can also be a source of… Read More

Why the Knives May Come Out at Death The box office success of the 2019 murder mystery Knives Out led to franchise status, with Glass Onion, the first sequel, released in late 2022. The original Knives Out featured whodunit intrigue surrounding the m… Read More

Deciding between creating a will or setting up a trust is confusing. However, farmers, business owners, and high-net-worth individuals need to plan ahead and make sure their assets are distributed according to their wishes after they pass away. But h… Read More

Raquel Welch, whose acting career spanned five decades, passed away in February at the age of eighty-two. Welch appeared in more than thirty films and fifty television series, won a Golden Globe Award, and has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Ho… Read More

Elvis Presley, the King of Rock and Roll, died in 1977. Like most celebrities of his stature, he left behind a complicated legacy—and a considerable estate. Elvis’s estate, including Graceland, ended up in the hands of his only child, Lisa Marie… Read More