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Estate planning beneficial at any stage of life

11/13/2015 | Kaplin Stewart Blog

Estate planning is often neglected, as people in Pennsylvania may prefer not to talk about death, or they become wrapped up in their busy lives. However, estate planning is designed to assist people with managing and preserving their assets while they are alive. Estate planning additionally enables people to control and conserve their assets’ distribution following their deaths. What an estate plan looks like depends on one’s wealth, health, lifestyle, goals, life stage and age. Incapacity has the potential to […]

Estate planning beneficial at any stage of life

11/13/2015 | Kaplin Stewart Blog

Estate planning is often neglected, as people in Pennsylvania may prefer not to talk about death, or they become wrapped up in their busy lives. However, estate planning is designed to assist people with managing and preserving their assets while they are alive. Estate planning additionally enables people to control and conserve their assets’ distribution following their deaths. What an estate plan looks like depends on one’s wealth, health, lifestyle, goals, life stage and age. Incapacity has the potential to […]

Will digital wills become the next estate planning norm?

10/30/2015 | Kaplin Stewart Blog

For many in Pennsylvania, technology has become an integral part of everyday life. People turn to the digital realm to find recipes, connect with friends and family, and find videos on how to repair our vehicles. It should come as no surprise that technology can also provide estate planning solutions, although there is some debate over the wisdom of relying too heavily on such new tools. Digital wills have received a great deal of attention recently. These estate planning tools allow […]

Second marriage prompts estate planning changes

10/8/2015 | Kaplin Stewart Blog

When entering into a second or subsequent marriage, Pennsylvania residents are often overwhelmed with gratitude at having another chance at love. In the fog of this gratitude, however, lurks the risk of making significant financial mistakes. Estate planning is an area in which many spouses fail to make changes or adjustments as they tie the knot a second time. The extent of the estate planning that many spouses undergo is to leave everything to each other, with the understanding that […]

Estate planning tips for unmarried couples

9/10/2015 | Kaplin Stewart Blog

More and more people in Pennsylvania and elsewhere are choosing to alter the way in which they express their commitment to a partner. Rather than taking the traditional path of marriage, many couples choose to live together in a family structure outside of marriage. Regardless of the reasons behind such a choice, it is important to note that unmarried couples do not share the same rights as those who choose to walk down the aisle. This is especially true in […]