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.

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.

Principles of Preserving Wealth
How federal estate taxes work, plus estate management documents and tactics.

When Special Care Is Needed: The Special Needs Trust
A special needs trust helps care for a special needs child when you’re gone.

And the Executor Is
The right executor may help ensure the distribution of your assets is done with as little upheaval as possible.

4 Elements of an Estate Strategy
Learn about the importance of having an estate strategy in this helpful and informative video.
Yours, Mine, and Ours: Estate Strategies for Second Marriage
Second marriages are a trigger event to revisit any existing estate strategies.
3 Estate Challenges for Blended Families
If you’ve been re-married or divorced, these family structures may present some unique challenges. This article will help your clients with blended families think and prepare their estate strategy.
Four Steps to Valuing an Estate
Determining the value of your estate, or for someone who has passed away, can be a complex undertaking.
And the Executor Is
The right executor may help ensure the distribution of your assets is done with as little upheaval as possible.
Test Your Estate Strategy Knowledge
Estate management can help ensure that your assets are transferred according to your wishes while managing tax issues.
A Checklist for When a Spouse or Parent Passes
An overview of some fundamental steps when a loved one passes.
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Principles of Preserving Wealth
How federal estate taxes work, plus estate management documents and tactics.
View all presentations 
4 Elements of an Estate Strategy
Learn about the importance of having an estate strategy in this helpful and informative video.
When Special Care Is Needed: The Special Needs Trust
A special needs trust helps care for a special needs child when you’re gone.
Exit Strategies of the Rich and Famous
Estate conservation is too important to put off. Do you have a smart exit strategy?
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.