by Adrian Kinloch The wealth you have accumulated throughout your life is now worth a substantial amount to your heirs. Estate planners can help you do it in the most tax efficient manner possible. Common issues that many individuals will face will need to be discussed with a estate tax attorney. You can also get [...] Read more »
Estate Planning And Wills: Who Needs a Will And How Do You Get One?
by Ravi Karandeekar If you own real estate or any other assets of value, the importance of drawing up a timely will cannot be over-emphasized. If you die without a will, intestate, your real estate can end up in probate, causing a lot of headaches for the family members you leave behind and, ultimately, it [...] Read more »
Guidelines for Christian Estate Planning Part VI: The Believer and Secular Charities
by JoeInSouthernCA This is the sixth in a seven-part series on estate planning for the Christian. The following opinion piece finds it’s basis in the principles discussed in this series. The author intends the reader to view it as nothing other than an opinion. The question of whether followers of Jesus Christ ought to leave any [...] Read more »
Guidelines For Christian Estate Planning Part II: Biblical Guidelines for Estate Distribution (Article part 1)
by Adrian Kinloch The determination of “who gets my stuff” in preparing a will or trust (the distribution portion of Estate Planning) often creates unrest in individuals. In addition to forcing them to contend with their own mortality, it raises the prospect of family disharmony. Estate planning professionals often hear the question, “How should I [...] Read more »
Estate Planning For Families
by Adrian Kinloch When we speak of will and estate planning, people find a difficult subject about which they avoid to talk whenever possible. They all think the worst case of disability or death, which they think and what is not easy. However, if you really love your family and the people around you, then it is [...] Read more »
Uses of Permanent Life Insurance in Estate Planning
by Adrian Kinloch An estate is the total sum of all the assets you leave behind after you die. The distribution of these assets is usually pre-determined through a Will. If there is no Will the execution of all assets is usually decided by a court of law. An estate could be as simple as [...] Read more »
Guidelines for Christian Estate Planning Part VII: The Believer and the Ethical Will
by Ravi Karandeekar This is the last in a seven-part series on estate planning for the Christian. Regardless of the material possessions you leave upon your death, the spiritual legacy you leave your family (despite their ages) endures significantly longer. Photos fade and inheritances disappear. An Ethical Will gives your family “the voice of your [...] Read more »
Guidelines for Christian Estate Planning Part V: Guidelines for Selecting Charities
by Adrian Kinloch This is the fifth in a seven-part series on estate planning for the Christian. Deciding on which charities to include in our Estate Plan may seem a little overwhelming, particularly given the emotionally distressing task of preparing our Revocable Living Trust or Last Will and Testament. The following suggestions offer some practical guidelines [...] Read more »
Guidelines for Christian Estate Planning Part III: Biblical Guidelines for Estate Distribution (Article part 2)
by Adrian Kinloch This is the third in a seven-part series on estate planning for the Christian and is a continuation of part two dealing with “who gets my stuff.” Love Motivates Asset Transfers Third, gifting and love go hand-in-hand. According to 1 Corinthians 13:3, “though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor…and have [...] Read more »
Guidelines for Christian Estate Planning Part I: Biblical Basis for Estate Planning
by Adrian Kinloch This is the first in a seven-part series on estate planning for the Christian. Most people avoid the issue of preparing a will (estate planning) because it forces them to face their own mortality. They approach wills, revocable living trusts and other such documents as a morbid necessity reluctantly thrust upon them. As [...] Read more »