You and your spouse planned for one of you to carry on. You named each other as beneficiaries and talked about how the survivor would care for your family. It ... Read more

Your daughter is a physician with a growing practice. Your son is an attorney on the path to partnership. Your youngest built a company that now employs 14 people. You ... Read more

You bought the policy when your first child was born. You chose an amount that felt enormous, named your spouse, added the premium to autopay, and felt the relief of ... Read more

You did the work. You saved for retirement, signed a trust, and named beneficiaries because you wanted the people you love to be protected. That matters. I mean it. Now ... Read more

You did it.  Maybe Make-A-Will Month finally moved it to the top of your list. Maybe you’ve been meaning to get this done for years and this was the month ... Read more

When I heard about Tenisha Warner’s lawsuit, my first thought wasn’t about the celebrity angle. It was: I’ve seen this before. Not the exact same story, but the same estate ... Read more

A family called me after losing their mother. She had a will, properly signed and perfectly valid. But it didn’t tell anyone who had legal authority to be with the ... Read more

There’s a phrase most of us remember from decades past: “Friends don’t let friends drive drunk.” It was simple, direct, and it worked, because it reframed a difficult conversation as ... Read more

If your baby was born on or after January 1, 2025, the federal government has set aside $1,000 for your child. The account is available now. Contributions opened on July ... Read more

You’ve brought it up before. Maybe it came up after watching a friend go through something hard, a probate process that dragged on for years, or a family left scrambling ... Read more