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Probate & Estate
Over
60% of adult
Americans do not currently have a will or trust. The information below
will help you understand why undertaking estate planning now means taking
responsibility for the inevitable financial and tax consequences that
will face your family and loved ones in the future.
Create
an estate planning checklist. Read about calculating your net worth.
Find out about the role wills and trusts play in estate planning.
Learn about insurance and pensions
Learn
what happens if a person dies without a will. Read about the legal
requirements for a valid will. Find out about changing, revoking and
contesting wills.
Find
out about trusts. Learn the meanings of trust terminology. Read about
the advantages and disadvantages of trusts.
Read
about joint tenancy. Find out if you should put your property in joint
tenancy with your children. Learn about ways to avoid probate
Discover
what role trusts can play when preparing for the possibility of incapacity.
Read about the "durable power of attorney". Learn if you can avoid
being put on life support.
Death
is an inevitable part of life. Learn about funeral pre-planning and
how to arrange a funeral if you are recently bereaved. Read about
the role of executors.
Read
about the types and stages of grief. Learn about grief counseling.
Find out how some of the world's religions perceive the experience
of death.
