Helping People Age With Dignity And Peace Of Mind
What an individual accumulates during their lifetime can help to ensure their comfort as they age. Their resources can also make a major difference for their close loved ones and dependent family members. Someone who has started a business, acquired real property or...
An estate plan is highly personal. A testator who is creating documents has to think about their family and their personal wishes at length. They may need to name a guardian for their children or arrange for someone to care for a pet after they die. Many times, estate...
Aging is a privilege in many respects, but the process can be a very humbling one. Some people develop age-related health conditions later in life that affect their quality of life and even their legal rights. For example, consider dementia, which can develop as a...
Having an estate plan – whether a will or trust – shows that you have the foresight to ensure that your assets get distributed the way that you want them. The benefits of having an estate plan are many and include protecting your beneficiaries, protecting young...
In estate planning, ideally, you want control over important decisions related to your assets and personal matters. This includes matters tied to your health and finances. This is why it remains critical to include a health care directive as well as medical and...
Completing your estate plan is an important and commendable step in ensuring financial security for your family in the future. But it is not the last step. In fact, without regular check-ins and updates, your plan can become out-of-date and unable to do the things you...
Your life savings and estate won’t be useful to you after your death, but they will be to your family. You can ensure a comfortable and secure life for your loved ones by setting up a trust that will distribute your estate among them when you are gone. With a trust,...
Some products and services are the same for everyone. But most of the time, you get the best value when you can customize what you are buying for your individual tastes, needs and goals. Just like you would not buy a pair of one-size-fits-all jeans, a generic estate...
People who are thinking about getting the documents together for their estate plans no doubt want to make sure what they have in place won't create bad feelings between family members. There is estate planning help for Massachusetts residents looking to keep peace in...
Those who want to minimize taxes on their estate plans should consider lifetime gifting. The time has never been better for Massachusetts residents to do so in their estate planning since the lifetime exemption for estates and gifts is at an all-time high...
