Estate Planning
News, insights and expert analysis on estate planning from the team at Kiplinger.
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This Trust Can Protect Your Assets From Long-Term Care CostsA Medicaid asset protection trust can help ensure your protected assets go to your beneficiaries rather than your long-term care.
By Joe F. Schmitz Jr., CFP®, ChFC®, CKA®
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We Want to Give Our Daughter More Than Our Sons: Can It Be Fair?We paid for our daughter's $75K wedding. Now she is earning less than our sons and needs more help to buy a house. Are we being unfair, or even sexist?
By Maurie Backman
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The Basics of Estate PlanningIf you have a will or trust, congratulations. But you’re not done with estate planning.
By Sandra Block
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How to Give Your Kids Cash Gifts Without the IRS PaperworkMost people can gift large sums without paying tax or filing a return, especially by structuring gifts across two tax years or splitting gifts with a spouse.
By Jeremy Keil, CFP®, CFA®, CKA®
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How Smart Is Your Gifting Strategy? Take Our Grandparents' Legacy QuizAre you maximizing the legacy you’ll leave behind? Take our 10-question quiz to evaluate your strategy today.
By Donna LeValley
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Can We Help Just One of Two Adult Children Financially?We want all our grandkids to have a great childhood. How do we help their mother, our needier child, without creating resentment?
By Maurie Backman
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Will Millennials' Money Attitude Put Family Wealth at Stake?Millennials don't have the same approach to wealth as older generations. How can ultra-high-net-worth families and their advisers keep a legacy on track?
By Valerie Wong Fountain, CFA®
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9 Things You'll Regret Keeping in a Safe Deposit BoxSafe Storage Locking up certain important documents and valuables in a bank vault could turn into a headache for you or your heirs.
By Bob Niedt
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If You're the Millionaire Next Door, You May Be a Terrible SpenderGood job on all that great saving. Now you need to start spending some of that hard-earned retirement savings on the things you love.
By Joe F. Schmitz Jr., CFP®, ChFC®, CKA®
