As you’re getting older, you’re realizing that you do need to get your estate plan together and protect yourself and your heirs. You don’t want to pass away without making your wishes known and knowing that you didn’t do everything that you could to protect those you...
Estate Administration & Probate
Estate valuation affects taxation
Residents of Charleroi, Pennsylvania, often need to deal with matters of estate administration and probate. In consultation with experienced experts, the value of each gross estate needs to be determined at the beginning of the process. The gross estate is defined as...
How should I start planning my estate?
You and your partner have been together for a few decades, have raised children and have accumulated a healthy chunk of change. So far, you have gone through life without an estate plan, assuming that you wouldn’t need one. But now that you are getting on in years,...
Plan your estate carefully
Residents of Charleroi, Pennsylvania, want their estate plans to be done well in order to ensure that their heirs are in good shape. That requires an understanding of the best approach to estate administration probate. It also requires not cutting corners at the...
Divorce affects estate planning
When Charleroi, Pennsylvania, residents write their will and detail how they want their estate handled, they may well be eager to include their dearly beloved husband or wife as a beneficiary or even as an executor. However, if the marriage ends, with antipathy...
Common mistakes made in estate planning
Everyone should have at least a basic estate plan on file. But it’s important to do it right, as mistakes can occur. Below are some of the most frequent mistakes that are made in estate planning. Procrastination. Not having your own plan in place means that the...
Explaining estate administration and executor duties
The administration of an estate is an important issue that everyone should learn about, especially if you are aged 50 and older. Even though you won’t be around for the administration of your own estate, it’s quite possible that you could have to deal with the estate...
Prepare for your future with an estate plan
You may not realize it, but estate planning is one of the most important things that any one person can do to prepare for the future. Dealing with your estate might seem like a distant goal, something far down the road that you will deal with eventually. It’s...