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As the time approaches that you begin to think about preserving and passing along your assets to the generations coming after you, certain terms like wills, beneficiaries and bequests become quite familiar. One term you might hear mentioned may have an uncertain...
After death, a Georgia resident's debts become part of his or her estate. As noted by Bankrate.com, the deceased's estate has liability for paying any taxes owed and the balances left on consumer debts such as credit cards, car loans and mortgages. An estate may also...
Creating an estate plan is a huge step you can take toward managing your affairs later in life and after your death. Of course, creating the estate plan is only one part of the entire process, even if some mistakenly believe it to serve as the end goal. You must keep...
When it comes to transferring wealth through estate planning, a few things may come to mind: houses, possessions and money. But in the case of creatives like authors, artists or inventors, intellectual property is another aspect of that wealth. It is important for...
Estate planning may be a more complicated process if one of your children has special needs. While you may establish a special needs trust, you also need to consider practical elements of your child's day-to-day life as he or she grows up. According to the Georgia...
The boilerplate advice when creating an estate plan is to distribute your assets as evenly as possible to your heirs. This is particularly important if you have multiple adult children. It is true that dying without a will or dying with a confusing will can cause a...
When there is inheritance, there are also often those who want to fight the heirs for a piece of it. For instance, the death of Tom Carvel (the inventor of soft-serve ice cream) triggered a years-long major fight over his will. You may not want your inheritors to have...
Estate planning covers a lot of things, from wills and guardianships to trusts that preserve assets for future generations. All of it is in preparation for the inevitable, in hopes that any and all financial processes after death go smoothly. It might be easy to...
When examining your estate plan reviews, it is important to know how you want to organize and tackle the process. After all, most estate plans are complex pieces of legal work that take months or even years to build. You do not want to spend copious amounts of time...
In a nutshell, estate planning is the process by which you anticipate your future needs and those of your family and then, working in conjunction with your estate planning attorney, set about ensuring that these needs will be met, both during your lifetime and after...
