Estate
Effective estate management enables you to manage your affairs during your lifetime and control the distribution of your wealth after death. An effective estate strategy can spell out your healthcare wishes and ensure that they're carried out – even if you are unable to communicate. It can even designate someone to manage your financial affairs should you be unable to do so.
When Special Care Is Needed: The Special Needs Trust
A special needs trust helps care for a special needs child when you’re gone.
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Safeguard Your Digital Estate
If you died, what would happen to your email archives, social profiles and online accounts?
How To Talk Through Transitioning a Family Business
Five strategies to navigate difficult conversations around succession planning and help bring a family together.
Exit Strategies of the Rich and Famous
Estate conservation is too important to put off. Do you have a smart exit strategy?
A House Divided
If you’re thinking of buying a vacation home with family, here are some ground rules to consider before making it legal.
Trusts As Part of Your Financial Plan
Trust Strategists with Baird Trust, discuss how different types of trusts can fit into your overall financial plan.
A Closer Look: Estate Planning in a Blended Family
How thoughtful estate planning can support your spouse now and protect your children’s inheritance later.
Problems with Probate
Probate can be a completely public process, or it can be managed to include as little information as possible.
Ten Common Estate Settlement Mistakes
Make sure your legacy is carried out according to your wishes by avoiding these estate planning pitfalls.
You May Be Wealthier Than You Think
Family wealth is measured in ways not found on a spreadsheet or portfolio statement.
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When Special Care Is Needed: The Special Needs Trust
A special needs trust helps care for a special needs child when you’re gone.
Estate Management 101
A will may be only one of the documents you need—and one factor to consider—when it comes to managing your estate.
Exit Strategies of the Rich and Famous
Estate conservation is too important to put off. Do you have a smart exit strategy?
Safeguard Your Digital Estate
If you died, what would happen to your email archives, social profiles and online accounts?
4 Elements of an Estate Strategy
Learn about the importance of having an estate strategy in this helpful and informative video.
When Do You Need a Will?
When do you need a will? The answer is easy: Right Now.
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