Do Young Adults Need Estate Planning?
Highfalutin terms like “estate planning” can put off younger adults and conjure grandiose notions of excessive wealth.
Highfalutin terms like “estate planning” can put off younger adults and conjure grandiose notions of excessive wealth.
Many people are under the impression that since they have a trust, they don’t need to do anything else. That’s not true. The trust you created years ago may not be appropriate for you now.
The relationship is a trustee relationship. In other words, the executor is responsible for properly processing the property for all involved. Administrators do much the same, except that the ‘will’ conditions for distribution are set by the state.
You created your revocable living trust to hold your assets. You did so because of the probate avoidance and other benefits. You may have included sophisticated tax-planning provisions in your trust.
At such an emotional time, more paperwork is probably the last thing you want on your to-do list. However, taking a few key steps is critical to your financial future.
Over 50% of our adult population (120 million adults) neither have nor realize the significance of having an up-to-date estate plan to protect themselves and their family’s assets. Mountain Times’ recent article entitled “Do you need an estate plan?” explains that estate and gift planning is a process that can protect you and your family.…
Picture this…your child is in the hospital, but the on-call doctor won’t talk to you let alone allow you to weigh in on medical decisions. While hospitalized, your child’s bills are going unpaid because you can’t access their accounts—potentially wreaking havoc on their financial credit. Why? Because they’re over the age of 18.
Estate planning is making decisions today for what you want to happen in the future.
Probate is a legal process wherein a court oversees the settlement of an estate after the owner passes.