4 Actions To Take If Your Business Is Facing A Lawsuit

by Trust Counsel | May 3, 2023 | Articles, Asset Protection, Estate Planning, Family, Financial, Incapacity, Inheritance, Intellectual Property, Trusts, Wills

If your business gets hit with a lawsuit, it can be a traumatic and costly experience. Unfortunately, in today’s highly litigious society, lawsuits are far-too common, with up to 53% of all small businesses in the U.S. sued each year, according to the Small Business...

6 Important Moves to Make on Your Estate Plan If You’re Getting Divorced

by Trust Counsel | Jan 27, 2023 | Asset Protection, Estate Planning, Family, Inheritance, Kids Protection Planning, Trusts

Your estate plan will need a few updates if you’re getting divorced. While you may not be thinking about dying yet, having an estate plan that reflects your new reality will help protect your assets and ensure the people in your life get what they need. You and...

HOW TO MANAGE YOUR DIGITAL ACCOUNTS AFTER YOUR DEATH PART—2

by Trust Counsel | Dec 19, 2022 | Articles, Estate Planning, Family, Incapacity, Intellectual Property, Trusts, Wills

If you have preferences about what happens to your digital footprint after your death, you need to take action. Otherwise, your online legacy will be determined for you—and not by you. If you have any online accounts, such as Gmail, Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn,...

What Your Last Will & Testament Will (And Will Not) Do—Part 2

by Trust Counsel | Aug 26, 2022 | Articles, Asset Protection, Estate Planning, Family, Financial, Inheritance, Real Property / Real Estate, Trusts, Wills

August is “National Make-A-Will Month,” and if you have already prepared your will, congratulations—too few Americans have taken this key first step in the estate planning process. In fact, only 33% of Americans have created their will, according to Caring.com’s 2022...

How Estate Planning Can Reduce The High Cost Of Dying—Part 2

by Trust Counsel | Jul 22, 2022 | Articles, Asset Protection, Estate Planning, Family, Financial, Trusts, Wills

Despite the fact that it happens to every single one of us and is as every bit as natural as birth, very few among us are properly prepared for death—whether our own death or the death of a loved one.  Yet the pandemic might be changing this. According to Census...

5 Common Estate Planning Concerns For Your Second (Or More) Marriage

by Trust Counsel | Jul 8, 2022 | Articles, Asset Protection, Estate Planning, Family, Financial, Inheritance, Trusts

With divorce occurring in roughly 50% of all marriages in the U.S. and life expectancy increasing every day, second—and even third—marriages are becoming quite common. And when people get remarried in mid-life and beyond, they often bring children from prior marriages...