Annual Reminders

The end of the year is a great time to review various aspects of your estate and financial plan. 

  • Request a free credit report through annualcreditreport.com
  • Consider placing a fraud alert on your credit cards.
  • Create or update a list of all your electronic user names and passwords.  Properly safeguard this information.
  • Review your Will and/or Revocable Trust to ensure that you are comfortable with your bequests, Personal Representatives and Trustees.
  • Review agents named under financial and medical powers of attorney to ensure they are still appropriate.  Review your Living Wills to make sure you are comfortable with your end of life instructions.
  • Review your beneficiary designations for your insurance policies and retirement plans.

Call the Law Offices of Debra G. Simms at 386.256.4882 to learn more.

This blog post is not case-specific and is provided only for educational purposes and is not intended to provide specific legal advice. Blog topics may or may not be updated and entries may be out-of-date at the time you view them.

2019 Year-End Estate Planning

Family Meeting:

Now might be the time to have an end of year family meeting to help coordinate financial and other matters with your children and grandchildren.  Frank discussions about inheritance and your wishes if you become incapacitated are important to prevent family discord.

Beneficiary Designations:

Significant life events such as marriage, divorce, births, and deaths, can impact your beneficiary designations.  If you have not designated beneficiaries, or if your beneficiary has passed, then your assets might have to go through probate.

Update Your Estate Plan:  Have you moved to a new state?  Have any of your agents in your Powers of Attorney or Medical Directives become ill or died?  Now is the time to review your documents.

Call the Law Offices of Debra G. Simms at 386.256.4882 to learn more.

This blog post is not case-specific and is provided only for educational purposes and is not intended to provide specific legal advice. Blog topics may or may not be updated and entries may be out-of-date at the time you view them.

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