As Erica Ellis, JD, Product Counsel at Vanilla, explains, “Most traditional advance directives become effective when a person ...

Don't let your hard-earned retirement be vulnerable. Smart estate planning is crucial for your family's security and ...

Failing to update your estate plan can have serious consequences, from unintended beneficiaries to family disputes.

They can help determine your financial situation, and unlike an online template, they can work to understand your individual ...

LegalZoom offers a variety of online templates for wills, living wills and financial power of attorney to make it easy to estate plan. LegalZoom also has its own network of attorneys for more support.

Estate planning should be about meeting the needs of each child in a way that is fair, not necessarily equal. By taking an ...

It can be easy to overlook, but an estate plan is essential for nearly everyone, whether you have a lot of money or just a ...

Managing your estate plan today can help you relax tomorrow, with the goal of ensuring your assets are in order for the end of your lifetime. This factsheet explains the benefits of creating an estate ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) – Summer is a great time for many things, even for estate and retirement planning. David Carrier from the Law Offices of David Carrier, our Estate Planning Expert, joins us ...

For many people, estate planning can be straightforward: They rely on their children for eldercare and typically name them as beneficiaries of their assets. It gets a lot more complicated for ...

Seven key signs indicate when an estate plan needs to be updated. Major life events such as marriage, divorce, births, deaths, and adoptions necessitate revisions to beneficiaries, wills ...