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Divorce and Estate Planning

11 Dec 2025

Divorce can nullify certain factors of your estate plan, particularly those directly associated with your former spouse. For example, in a lot of jurisdictions, a divorce may automatically nullify any stipulation...

Update Your Estate Plan With Family Changes

5 Sep 2025

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Protecting Your Spouse & New Family with an Updated Will

4 Sep 2025

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How Are Survivorship Life Insurance Policies Helpful In Estate Planning?

24 Mar 2025

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Having a detailed plan for the future is crucial, especially when it relates to protecting your assets and valued loved ones. Survivorship life insurance policies can play an important role in estate planning by...

Estate Planning Asset Protection

21 Mar 2025

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Asset protection is a collection of methods and planning strategies used to legally protect individual or business assets from legal judgments, taxes, seizures, lender claims or unwanted beneficiaries like ex-spo...

Are Estate Planning Fees Tax Deductible?

19 Mar 2025

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Prior to 2018, the IRS did allow itemized deductions on eligible estate planning fees until the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 (TCJA) changed that rule. This means that estate planning fees are no longer deductibl...

What is Estate Planning vs Will?

8 Nov 2024

Michelle N. Ogborne

Many people consider estate planning and creating a will the same, however one is just part of the other. Basically, an estate plan is a more widespread plan of action for your assets that may apply throughout yo...

What Is Portability In Estate Planning?

1 Nov 2024

Michelle N. Ogborne

Essentially, portability in estate planning is a tax provision that allows the surviving spouse to add any unused estate tax exemption of the deceased spouse to their own. What Does Portability Mean In Estate Pl...

What Is The Role Of An Executor In Estate Planning?

1 Nov 2024

Michelle N. Ogborne

In an estate plan, the executor of the estate is an individual responsible for administering the last will of a deceased person, ultimately carrying out the instructions to manage the affairs. What Is An Executo...

Reviewing & Updating Your Estate Plan

19 Aug 2024

Michelle N. Ogborne

After you have established your estate plan, make sure it stays well-constructed by revisiting it on a regular basis or at significant life events. A lot of individuals review their estate plan at regular freq...

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