Wills

Choosing Guardians for Minor Children: What to Consider

For parents, the guardianship nomination is the most consequential paragraph in a last will and testament. Courts ultimately...

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  • October 10, 2025

Wills

Will Requirements by State: Witnesses, Notaries & Self‑Proving

Every will rises or falls on execution. Courts are generous about plain‑English drafting when intent is clear, but...

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  • October 8, 2025

Funeral Planning

Funeral Planning 101: Arrangements, Costs, and the Documents Your Family Will Actually Use

A good funeral plan is part logistics and part law. The logistics cover who to call, where to...


Wills

What Happens If You Die Without a Will? Intestacy, Explained

If you die without a will, your state’s intestacy statute supplies a one‑size‑fits‑all inheritance plan. It’s a plan...

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  • October 3, 2025

Wills

Online Will vs Lawyer: What’s Best for a Simple Estate?

From a practitioner’s perspective, the choice between an online will and a traditional estate planning attorney should be...

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  • October 1, 2025

Estate Planning

Digital Assets in Estate Planning: Email, Photos, Social Media, and Crypto

Your financial life lives in the cloud as much as in a filing cabinet. Email is the inbox...


Living Trusts Wills

Transferring Real Estate to a Trust: Title, Insurance, Taxes, and Timing Without the Pitfalls

Moving real estate into a revocable living trust is the single most valuable step in funding because it...


Living Trusts

AB Trusts 101 (2025 Guide): Portability & Thresholds Basics

For decades, married couples used AB trusts—also called credit shelter or bypass trusts—to make sure each spouse’s federal...


Estate Planning Living Trusts

Do You Still Need a Will If You Have a Living Trust?

Short answer: yes—you still need a will, even if you’ve created a revocable living trust. The will you...


Estate Planning

Defining “Incapacity” in Your Documents: Triggers That Work in Real Life

Estate planning is not only about what happens when you die; it’s also about who can act when...

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  • August 4, 2025

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