State law which dictates how your estate is distributed in the event you die without a will or other estate plan in place.

Dying without a will or other estate plan in place.

Living trust

Document, document which creates a trust

People or legal entities who inherit property.

* A tax on a decedent’s net estate that is levied after the estate is transmitted to the inheritors. Estate Taxes – federal taxes assessed on the property of a…

To receive property from someone who has died.

Legal term referring to one’s children or direct descendents.

Trust which cannot be revoked, voided, or amended in any way once it is set up.

Individual retirement programs allow you to name beneficiaries to receive any money left in the account at the time of your death. Therefore, the money goes directly to your beneficiaries…

An agreement to pay or repay an obligation. For example, you may agree that if your mom will co-sign a car loan that you will indemnify her if mom ever…

Any ownership or control over a life insurance policy.