Estate Planning Continues During a Pandemic

Estate Planning Continues During a Pandemic

  Familial tragedies often spur people to reach out to my office to begin the estate planning process.  A common situation that prompts a new client to seek my services is the death of a family member who had not properly planned for asset distribution. The...
What Is an Estate Plan? What Does It Consist of?

What Is an Estate Plan? What Does It Consist of?

Estate planning is not limited to people with a large amount of assets. It is not in any way, shape, or form exclusive to wealthy individuals or wealthy families. Estate planning is a means of creating a strategy to distribute your assets after your death to ensure...
What Does It Mean To Actually Fund A Trust?

What Does It Mean To Actually Fund A Trust?

Funding a trust simply means taking assets that are titled in your name, and transferring them to your trust. By way of an example, if you have a car, you have a title. The car is titled in your name. If you were to put that car into a trust, you would go to the DMV...

What Actually Is a Trust?

A Trust is a fiduciary relationship between parties, and it allows a Trustee to hold assets on behalf of a beneficiary of those assets. Specifically, a Trust can be created to direct how your assets are utilized and how they pass to the beneficiary. Normally, Trusts...