One of the many important reasons to have a comprehensive estate plan in place is to ensure that your children are provided for in the event of your death or incapacity. If your children are...
You may have heard friends or family discussing the use of a trust in their estate plan and wondered if you should consider creating a trust as well. Trusts have become an increasingly popular estate...
Trusts have become an increasing popular addition to any estate plan. The reasons for this are varied and numerous. Trusts allow for flexibility when creating an estate plan as well as help your estate avoid...
Trusts are a common addition to a comprehensive estate plan because of the numerous and varied benefits a trust offers as well as the flexibility offered by the terms of a trust. Although the name...
If you are considering the addition of a trust to your estate plan you will have numerous decisions to make when creating your trust. Many of those decisions will dictate what type of trust you...
Estate planning typically entails the integration of numerous goals into one comprehensive plan. For example, providing for loved ones and gifting to charity can be accomplished in one trust by creating a charitable lead or...
A Last Will and Testament usually serves as the foundation of a comprehensive estate plan. For most people, however, a Will is just the beginning of an estate plan. People often choose to add additional...
If you have a special needs individual in your family then you likely already know there are numerous challenges involved in caring for someone with special needs. Often, those challenges are financial. Unless you are...
Trusts Basics in Houston Texas from Steve P. Mendel One allows you to direct disbursements to a charity first for a designated number of years with the remainder to go to a non-charitable beneficiary while...
Caring For Your Special Needs Child: The Texas Special Needs Trust from Steve P. Mendel The parent of a special needs child may not want to dwell on the financial aspect of raising the child...
