“What-if” Planning Blog

Advance Directives are Important
In this week’s tip we address some of the detailed questions and considerations required to create a meaningful advance directive.

Top Five Reasons to Get Your Affairs in Order NOW!
We often don’t get “groundhog day”, second chances in real life, especially when it comes to end-of-life planning. With that in mind, we share our top five reasons why now is the time to get your end-of-life affairs in order.

Legal Preparation for Your People
This week our tip focuses on legal preparation for your people – making and communicating the appropriate legal arrangements that will allow your people to settle your estate quickly and efficiently in a way that provides for their needs according to your wishes.

Make this the Year to Act
Now that we’re into 2023, it’s appropriate to look forward to the year ahead. Our goal at Prepare Your Affairs is help you attain the peace of mind that comes with getting your end-of-life affairs in order. In this week’s tip, we offer some suggestions about how to go about accomplishing this task.

Guardianship of Children
In a 2014 Survey of Income and Program Participation by the United States Census Bureau, 0.1 percent of children under the age of 18 had lost both parents to death. That's one out of every 1000 kids. So while the odds are still in your child's favor…