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Monthly Archives: April 2025

Should you put your future children in estate plan?

Should I Include My Unborn Child in My Estate Plan?

By Andre O. McDonald |

Estate planning is an exercise in anticipating potential future events that could affect your plans for what happens if you become incapacitated (unable to manage your own affairs during your lifetime) and how your assets (property and accounts) will be handled after your death. The more you plan for what life might throw at… Read More »

The spotlight on Wendy Williams' dementia and guardianship case

Wendy Williams Case Shines Spotlight on Guardianship

By Andre O. McDonald |

Dementia is on the rise and is affecting millions of families across the United States. As dementia erodes a person’s mental faculties, they lose the ability to manage their life. This can lead to losing money through bad financial decisions or a higher risk of injury from falls or accidents at home or in… Read More »

Is your AB Trust leaving you vulnerable?

AB Trusts—Do You Need to Get Rid of Yours?

By Andre O. McDonald |

If the last time you and your spouse updated your estate plan was more than a decade ago, your estate plan may contain what is sometimes referred to as AB trust planning, which, until 2011, was the only way married couples could take advantage of both spouses’ federal estate tax exemptions.  An AB trust… Read More »

Traditional asset protection planning: are you truly protected?

Caution: Your Traditional Asset Protection Plan Is Set Up to Fail

By Andre O. McDonald |

You may be surprised to learn that, not only has asset protection planning been around for a long time, but you likely have already engaged in it at some point. In fact, you probably have one or more types of traditional asset protection planning currently in place. The problem is, in many cases, the… Read More »

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