Saturday, May 8, 2010

Updating your estate plan

Any of the following events could result in a need to change your estate plan:
  • Purchase of additional life insurance
  • Change of beneficiary designation for a pension or profit sharing plan in which you were already enrolled
  • Participation in a new pension or profit sharing plan
  • Purchase of additional real estate
  • Substantial increase or decrease in wealth (for example, by inheritance)
  • Birth of a child
  • Divorce
  • Marriage
  • Retirement
  • Moving to a new state
  • Death or permanent disability of a family member
  • Taking on financial responsibility for an adult family member
  • Execution of substantial financial guaranties for a third party
  • Acquisition or disposition of S corporation stock
  • Establishment or dissolution of a family business

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