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.

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Safeguard Your Digital Estate

Safeguard Your Digital Estate

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Managing an Inheritance

A windfall from a loved one can be both rewarding and complicated.

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A special needs trust helps care for a special needs child when you’re gone.

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Estate strategies for millennials may sound like less of a concern than retirement, but young adults should prepare now.

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Sound estate management includes creating financial and healthcare documents. Here's an inside look.

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Is your estate in order? This short quiz may help you assess your overall strategy.

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Use this calculator to estimate your net worth by adding up your assets and subtracting your liabilities.

What Is My Life Expectancy?

Estimate how many years you may need retirement assets or how long to provide income to a surviving spouse or children.

What's My Potential Estate Tax?

This calculator helps estimate your federal estate tax liability.

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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.

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If you died, what would happen to your email archives, social profiles and online accounts?

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Learn about the importance of having an estate strategy in this helpful and informative video.

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