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Using Your Estate Plan to Provide for Your Partner If You Are Not Married
When you die without a will, trust or other estate plan, your assets generally will be distributed to your closest family members as prescribed by law, including a surviving spouse. But what if you’re one of the many people who have lived in committed relationships but for various reasons have not tied the knot? For […]
How You Can Limit Your Probate Estate in Tennessee
The probate process can be both complex and costly. You can minimize the assets that must go through probate by taking advantage of nonprobate transfers, which shift assets so that they are not part of your probate estate at the time of your passing. There are several strategies that you can use for different types […]