Taxes are something you have to pay all of your life, and if you do not plan ahead, they will be something your estates will be paying even after you are gone. So making sure that you get quality estate planning tax advice when you are arranging your final affairs is one way to ensure that your heirs, and not the IRS, receive the bulk of your estate.
Most of us don’t put nearly as much though as we should into planning how our estates will be distributed, and the estimates are that nearly two-thirds of Americans die intestate, without having prepared a will. While their estates will eventually be distributed according the inheritance laws in their states, those laws may not reflect at all how they would have chosen to pass on their assets. If you want to avoid that situation, finding a firm of experienced estate planning attorneys is your best answer.
In many families, planning for the future is often thought of, but following through with the plan is seldom accomplished. Having a will and a life insurance policy is a step everyone must take to prepare their family and spouse for the future. When there are children under the age of 18 years old in a family, planning is a necessity. Nothing is more devastating than losing a loved one, but imagine being a young child left orphan by the unthinkable.