Tag: documents

  • I Don’t Have Kids. What Happens to Everything When I’m Gone?

    I Don’t Have Kids. What Happens to Everything When I’m Gone?

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    Natalia Sanmartin Gil
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    If you don’t have children, estate planning is more important than planning for parents. Indiana’s default rules dictate distribution of your property in ways that rarely match what a person would do, and likely completely miss priorities and wishes. A plan lets you choose. Not sure where to start? That’s what the first conversation is…

  • The Will Is not Enough

    The Will Is not Enough

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    Natalia Sanmartin Gil
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    You signed a will. You feel better. That makes sense. But a will can be a perfectly good document and still do almost nothing you intended — not because it was drafted wrong, but because the rest of your financial life was not coordinated with it. Here is what most families find out too late.