Vincent J. Russo joined Hilary Topper to address common questions from her community on her New York Lifestyle Bog. Vincent addressed topics such as; What documents should you have in place if you have an elderly parent?, What is the…
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People often say that you only need an estate plan if you have a lot of money and/or a lot of assets. That statement is not necessarily true.
Reason 1: An estate plan is also important for medical and simple financial decisions, especially for a spouse in the event of disability or incapacity. It makes the entire process a lot more stress-free and simple for the spouse.
If something happens to me, my spouse will inherit everything I have anyway, so why do I need to make an estate plan?
Russo Law Group, P.C. is pleased to share this article on behalf of guest author Michael Gilfix.
The IRA Trust is the preferred method to give the beneficiaries of your retirement account protections that are otherwise not available to them.
Why use the IRA trust? Rather than simply naming beneficiaries for your IRA accounts, we strongly recommend that we instead prepare one or more IRA trusts to protect your beneficiaries, who are perhaps your children and grandchildren. There are four good reasons why this makes sense.
In our last article, we discussed the ramifications of not having a succession plan in place for a business. In this article, we will discuss the role of a fiduciary of an estate, and how an individual in that role can ensure the business continues to operate if the owner passes away.
In order to continue running the business of a deceased person, someone must be appointed as the fiduciary. This is all dependent on whether there is an estate plan in place, namely if the owner has a Last Will and Testament that must be probated with the local Surrogate’s Court.