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While most people appreciate the need for a will in an estate plan, trusts are less widely understood.

Trusts fall into two basic categories: living trusts and testamentary trusts. This infographic offers a quick guide to the most common types of trusts.

With a new year comes those recurring resolutions to exercise more and eat less, save more and spend less and so on. An important one that’s often overlooked, however, is reviewing your estate plan.

5 ways having an estate planning attorney makes all the difference in ensuring your estate will be handled the way you intend.

At first glance, estate planning can seem like an unpleasant task, but it's important if you want to decide how your assets will be distributed.

You finally realized the importance of writing your will a few years ago and got it done. Whew. That's over with. Or is it?
 

Even though Justin Timberlake and Jessica Biel’s baby will be born into vast wealth and celebrity, they still have one thing in common with married parents in our neck of the woods.

My parents just told me I’ve been named executor of their will. What does that mean? What does an executor do?

I am in my 50s and engaged to be married this year.

Wisconsin laws are pretty clear about what's allowed for burials and entombment, they're much less so when it comes to treatment of cremated remains

My husband and I just had a baby and are doing our first will.