Pennsylvania residents like you want your estate plan executed well after your death. There is only one way to ensure that. You must have an estate executor who serves your needs and wishes well. But how do you find this executor? What are the skills and traits that...
Is now the time to update your estate plan?
Pennsylvania residents like you put a lot of work into building your estate and crafting your estate plan. But this is not where your estate planning should end. In fact, experts say you should review your estate plan every 3 years. There are other points in time...
Is a manipulator exerting undue influence on your loved one?
Pennsylvania law monitors matters of estate planning closely. This is to help prevent foul play and trickery from getting in the way of an honest probate process. Unfortunately, there are still people who try to find a way to get around the law. When someone exerts...
Valid reasons to challenge a will
Pennsylvania law may allow you to challenge a will if you have reason to believe that it should be invalidated. However, you can't challenge it simply because you don't like its terms. Let's take a closer look at when you are allowed to voice an objection to a...
How to create an estate plan that works
Estate planning can provide you with a variety of benefits such as avoiding probate in Pennsylvania or any other state where you own property. Other potential benefits of thorough planning include minimizing estate taxes or ensuring that a child's inheritance is...
Benefits of an evolving estate plan
Effective estate planning can save your Pennsylvania beneficiaries from probate costs, and help you take care of them for years, even decades to come. For example, you can ensure the protection of your minor children if you die before they reach adulthood and set up...
Objective and subjective qualities of good executors
As a Pennsylvania resident who wants to create an estate plan, you may ask what the steps are. The legal process of creating an estate plan or will is sometimes long and complex. But what is one of the first things you should always start with? Finding an executor. An...
It is never too early to think about estate planning
Peace of mind is important in everyday life. You deal with everything from family relationships to difficult job decisions and do what you can to keep a step ahead of day-to-day stress. However, what about the long term? No one wants to think about what might happen...
What are some misconceptions about estate planning?
Nobody really likes to think about estate planning because it does involve thinking about a time when you are no longer alive. However, the fact is that everybody dies at some point. The difference between those who die with an estate plan and those who die without...
