According to the most recent polling data from Gallup, fewer than half of U.S. adults say that they have a will. As you might expect, age is a major factor in whether one is likely to have made a will. Survey participants who were over 65 were far more likely to have a will than […]

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There are many assumptions (based on common practice) about how an estate “should” be divided. For instance, it is very common for parents to leave most or all of their estate to their children, and to divide assets up in roughly equal measure among their kids. This works for many families, but there are plenty […]

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