I remember growing up my grandmother having a trust and that it protected her assets (possessions). I had no idea what that meant or how it worked. The more I learned the more I knew that I had to make sure that my family was protected. We completed our first estate plan in 2010 and it was a great learning experience. We used an attorney that specialized in estate planning and I would like to...

I spent the last weekend watching my mother lie in a hospital bed. She has traditionally handled the finances in her house. These two items posed a problem as I tried to help my father figure out what was going on with the finances. There are many other families that face this same or similar type of problems when a loved one becomes incapacitated. This brings us to my article for the day about...

We all know that at one point we are going to die. When this happens we may leave behind real and personal property. Real property is real estate and personal property is our other possessions: cars, jewelry, bank accounts, etc.  The purpose of estate planning is, while still alive, to plan on how you want to distribute your real and personal property after you are gone. It should be set up to...