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Final Arrangements

Who Will Handle the Business of Your Estate?

January 21, 2016Estate Planning, Final Arrangements

executor handling estate business

The estate administration process should be addressed when you are devising your estate plan. You have to make sure that you empower someone to handle the business of your estate after you are gone. If you decide to use a last will to direct the distribution of your personally held property, the person who would handle the estate administration tasks is the executor or personal representative. When you draw up the will, you can nominate someone to act as the executor. Of course, you have … [Read more...] about Who Will Handle the Business of Your Estate?

Speak With Attorney After Spouse Passes

April 29, 2013Estate Planning, Final Arrangements, Financial Planning, Insurance, Wills and Trusts

Estate planning is a long-term process, and this is one of the reasons why you should think in terms of developing an ongoing working relationship with your estate planning attorney from the start.  Things change in your life, and invariably these changes are going to call for estate plan updates. Some of the changes are quite positive, such as additions to the family or an improved financial standing.  Unfortunately, others are necessary because someone that you love passes … [Read more...] about Speak With Attorney After Spouse Passes

Empower Someone to Make Final Arrangements

January 30, 2013Estate Planning, Final Arrangements

The matter of final arrangements should be something that you take into consideration when you are devising an estate plan. Multiple decisions must be made, and if you don't state your preferences in writing your family members could ultimately wind up disagreeing about things and a difficult time for them could become even more stressful. It is possible to execute a document called an "authorization for final disposition."  With this authorization you can name someone who you would … [Read more...] about Empower Someone to Make Final Arrangements

Family of Shelby Finally Agree on Final Arrangements

October 24, 2012Estate Planning, Final Arrangements

Carroll Shelby was one of the all-time greats in the automotive realm, and although he is most famous for the creation of cars like the Shelby Mustang and the AC Cobra, he was also a great race car driver before getting into the field of design. As we reported in a previous post Shelby passed away on May 10 at the age of 89.  His surviving family members were subsequently involved in a dispute that was delaying the final arrangements. Shelby was married multiple times and he had … [Read more...] about Family of Shelby Finally Agree on Final Arrangements

Children, Wife of Shelby at Odds

August 13, 2012Divorce, Estate Planning, Final Arrangements

The legendary race car driver and automobile designer Carroll Shelby passed away in May and the news reverberated sadly throughout the automotive community.  Shelby was larger-than-life and though he left us at the age of 89, his legacy will persist into perpetuity in the form of his automotive masterpieces. Shelby left behind a widow named Cleo, who was his seventh wife.  Cleo feels as though she is in possession of valid advance directives that give her the right to dispose of her … [Read more...] about Children, Wife of Shelby at Odds

529 Educational Savings Plans

June 15, 2012Estate Planning, Final Arrangements, Legacy Planning, Parents w/Young Children

Most people who have achieved a modicum of success are well aware of the value of education. When you are considering the broader implications of your legacy making educational opportunities available to your family members may be very important to you.  Leaving behind inheritances is one thing, but paving the way for individual achievement may be a far greater gift. If you agree with the above you may want to consider contributing into a 529 educational savings plan.  These are … [Read more...] about 529 Educational Savings Plans

Addressing Details Can Keep Peace Among Family Members

June 11, 2012Advance Directives, Estate Planning, Final Arrangements, Incapacity Planning, Legacy Planning

Everyone would like to see their family members all getting along well 100% of the time, but unfortunately few if any families are totally resonant with one another at all times.  It can take some effort to create a harmonious dynamic, and this is something to keep in mind when you are making preparations for the latter portion of your life and eventual death. First of all, keeping decisions out of the hands of your family members can go a long way toward squashing any possible … [Read more...] about Addressing Details Can Keep Peace Among Family Members

Final Arrangements: Assert Your Wishes

May 30, 2012Estate Planning, Final Arrangements

After someone that you love passes away funeral arrangements are going to have to be made.  Now it is possible for an individual to state his or her own funeral preferences within the estate plan that is left behind and this is recommended.  However, as we all know people sometimes overlook this detail. This is a somewhat delicate subject that a lot of people are going to try to avoid, but it must be brought into the light of day. Imagine yourself sitting in a funeral home being … [Read more...] about Final Arrangements: Assert Your Wishes

Take Action For The Benefit Of Your Loved Ones

January 25, 2012Final Arrangements

Estate planning is something that you do for the benefit of those that you love, and there can be more to it than getting financial resources into their hands.  It is useful to sit back and envision what they will be facing when you do in fact pass away in an immediate sense. When a loved one dies it is a shocking event even if you anticipated it because you can't quite wrap your head around how you will feel even when you know that it is inevitable.  During a time like this you … [Read more...] about Take Action For The Benefit Of Your Loved Ones

Estate Planning and Final Arrangements

April 1, 2011Estate Planning, Final Arrangements

When you are planning your estate it could be said that the overarching purpose is to make preparations that will benefit your loved ones at the time of your passing.  Of course the first thing that comes to mind in this regard is the proper situation of your assets, and this is as it should be.  In addition, the matter of your funeral is something to consider as well, and many people choose to make funeral preparations while they're still alive for a couple of different … [Read more...] about Estate Planning and Final Arrangements

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