Estate Planning

A charitable remainder trust is an estate planning tool that blends philanthropy with financial strategy, allowing you or your beneficiaries to receive income for a set term while remaining assets eventually go to a charity.

August is National Make a Will month — a fantastic opportunity to learn more about this essential type of estate planning tool.

Here's a breakdown of several top-level takeaways from the 'One Big Beautiful Bill,' a "once-in-a-generation" piece of legislation poised to shape generational wealth and family plans for decades to come.

A pet trust is a legal tool that can be put into place to ensure that your dog, cat, or other companion animal receives care even if you are no longer there to provide it. Consider three famous pet trust cases...

Do-not-resuscitate (DNR) orders have certain benefits, including patient autonomy and avoiding unnecessary suffering, as well as some disadvantages, such as potential for misinterpretations by health care providers.

A growing number of Americans are aging and dying alone, leading to complex legal and logistical challenges when accessing sealed apartments and managing estates.

If you plan to pass your home on to a family member through your will, keep in mind that your loved one will likely need to go through the court process known as probate to properly transfer the home into...

As consumers embrace wearable tech, many are unaware of how their personal data is collected, shared, and used, or whether they're protected at all under existing laws such as HIPAA.

With more than 7 million Americans living with Alzheimer's, having a "dementia directive" as part of one's estate plan can serve as a way to help improve their care at the different stages of disease progression.