by Michelle Seiersen-Pyatt | Mar 23, 2023
The thought of death, especially your own, is uncomfortable. Add to that the issue of what will happen to our assets after our deaths and it’s little wonder why so few people have created wills and other estate planning documents. According to a 2021 Gallup poll, only...
by Michelle Seiersen-Pyatt | Jan 19, 2023
Americans over the age of 65 establish wills and estate plans at a faster rate than their younger counterparts. Still, a significant number — 19 percent of those over age 72 and 42 percent of those between 53 and 71, according to survey data — lack any type of estate...
by Michelle Seiersen-Pyatt | Jun 2, 2022
Today’s American families commonly have stepchildren, and they are treated as if they were full biological children, even in cases of inheritance. This is particularly true where stepchildren are part of a blended family from an early age. Biological siblings...
