Estate Planning

As a farmer, your land is your most valuable possession. While farm machinery is also quite valuable, it is worthless without property. Whether you are the third generation of your family to work this land or are the first member of your family with a passion for...

Maybe you recently got to read your loved one's will, which is when you realize they completely disinherited you. Perhaps you are in the process of planning your own estate and worried that someone might try to undermine your legacy. Understanding when someone can...

There’s a lot that goes into creating your first will, but once you’re done you’ll feel much better about your future. While no two people take the same approach to estate planning, there are some steps everyone should take when creating their first will. Before you...

Writing an estate plan isn’t just something that you do for yourself. It’s something that you do for your family. You need to put them first. The plan can help to make things go smoothly, and it may even help your heirs avoid disputes.  These disputes are common...

Most people associate estate planning with the later stages of life. Even those in their 30s, 40s and 50s might find excuses to continue delaying this important process. The truth is that anyone with major assets or dependent family members really should look into...

One of the most important things that you can do in your estate plan is to add a power of attorney designation. Creating a power of attorney is an essential step toward creating an estate plan that is effective and that can be carried out in the future. Remember, if...

As you create a will, you’ll slowly begin to realize just how many benefits it’s bringing to your life. From the peace of mind to the ability to outline what happens to your assets upon your death, you can make a lot of headway with your estate plan by taking this one...

When drafting a comprehensive estate plan, people may overlook the cost of long-term medical care. Medical advancements will allow the Baby Boomer generation to live 20 to 30 years after retirement age, but probably not without complications. About 70% of those over...

When designing an estate plan, parents usually draft their wills and life insurance policies to extend a benefit to their children upon death. Over time, as their children eventually have families of their own, parents often revisit these plans to make adjustments...

Parents often bend over backwards to treat their children equally so as not to imply that one child is favored over any other. This is particularly true when parents make estate planning decisions – specifically, how their assets will be divided when they die....