Most parties know the importance of saving original wills. They are executed with great formality, notarized, and regarded as the final work in distribution of property. What many, if not most, people ...

Beneficiary designations are an essential component of every estate plan; however, these designations are often overlooked. As a bit of background, there is a distinction between probate assets and ...

When someone dies, their bank accounts do not always have to go through probate before the money becomes accessible. Many ...

Something a lot of people overlook when they update their estate plans are beneficiary designations on life insurance, retirement plans and annuities. Beneficiary designations are easy to overlook, ...

A common estate planning misconception is that a last will and testament will control all assets that an individual owns at the time of their death. There are primarily two classifications of assets ...

For most Americans, their retirement plan savings accounts are likely one of their largest and most important assets. And yet many do not give these accounts the attention they deserve when it comes ...

Joint bank accounts are useful financial tools that can simplify the management of shared funds between two parties. When one ...

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What is a beneficiary? Perhaps the clearest definition comes from the Insurance Information Institute which states, “A beneficiary is a person or entity you name in a life insurance policy... What is ...

The estate of a late Proctor & Gamble employee is embroiled in a legal battle over his retirement account nearly a decade after his death—with his ex-girlfriend from 35 years ago. Jeffrey Rolison ...