Estate Planning

Depending on your employment arrangements, you may have private insurance coverage even after you retire, although that is rare. Most older adults will depend primarily on Medicare for their basic health care expenses after retirement. Medicare is an excellent program...

Proper estate planning addresses many of life’s surprises. For example, if your child is born with significant disabilities, you can protect and provide for the them after you’re gone through estate planning. Sometimes when people enter their senior years, they need...

Estate planning carries some negative connotations, but these are largely based on misconceptions. Yes, the process involves talking about and planning for the event of death, but there is so much more to it.  Young adults are especially notorious for disregarding the...

If the thought of speaking with your family about passing on your wealth makes you uncomfortable, you are not alone. Many people never broach this topic or tell their beneficiaries that they have an estate plan. Unfortunately, not sharing your estate planning...

Those creating estate plans in Maryland often focus on their dependent family members when deciding what to do with their biggest assets. They want to make certain that their children or their spouses will have the resources they need or that certain people inherit...

Remarrying when you have children can be both an adventure and a challenge. If your new spouse has children of their own from a previous relationship, your household is about to become very lively. Combining households will result in a blended family. Blended families...

A comprehensive estate plan can protect your assets and loved ones during your lifetime while ensuring that your wishes are honored when you pass on. One of the most important estate planning tools that you can use to safeguard your assets, legacy and loved ones is...

You're doing your estate planning, and your child is married. You want to leave a certain amount of money to the couple, hoping that they can use it to buy a home, raise a child or perhaps retire themselves. But do you need to name both your child and their spouse in...

There are numerous mistakes that people make when it comes to estate planning. Firstly, people often think that there is no need to plan what happens in the event of their death. Often, this is fueled by the misconception that estate planning is only relevant to...

Probate is the process of distributing an individual’s estate upon their passing. Most people create estate plans to ensure that their wishes concerning their assets will be honored when they are no longer around to make important decisions. Estate planning also...