Articles
January 11, 2008
How Do I Choose the Right Guardian for My Children?
- By Alexis Martin Neely
Choosing a person or family to care for your children is difficult. In fact, for many families, it’s the hardest part of planning their estate. It’s not easy to think of anyone else, no matter how loving, raising your child. Yet, you can make a tremendous difference in your child’s life by planning ahead. And you have nothing to lose except a few moments thinking about what you value most in life, and in childrearing. You can ensure you have chosen the right guardian, by following three straight forward steps:January 11, 2008
Warning! Your Parents' Estate Plan May
- By Alexis Martin Neely
The typical “estate planning” experience is one in which people go in and meet with an attorney, sign some documents, put them on a shelf or in a drawer, and never look at them again.January 11, 2008
New Year’s Resolution
- By Alexis Martin Neely
Q: My New Year’s Resolution this year is to finally do whatever I need to so that my children would be taken care of and protected in the event of my death or disability. How do I begin and what should I do? - Concerned Mother of ThreeJanuary 11, 2008
Have Your Parents Planned For Your Protection?
- By Alexis Martin Neely
3 Mistakes Your Parents’ Estate Might Make That Could Put Your Inheritance at Risk and Leave You With an Enormously Complicated and Stressful Problem.January 11, 2008
3 Secrets Loving Parents Need to Know
- By Alexis Martin Neely
3 Secrets Loving Parents Know to Ensure Their Children Are Raised With Their Values and Love Even if They Can’t Be There As a parent, the last thing I want if something happens to me is for my children to be put into a situation in which they feel scared, are surrounded by people they don’t know and don’t know just how much love I have for them. With these 3 Secrets you can guarantee your children will always have the security of knowing just how much you love them – even if you can’t tell them.January 11, 2008
Keep the Government and Lawsuit Happy Opportunists Away From Your Children's Inheritance
- By Alexis Martin Neely
Redondo Beach, CA -- I’ll bet your current estate plan leaves your assets to your children outright and unprotected by the time they are 35. If that’s the case, you’ve overlooked an incredibly valuable gift you can give your children (and the rest of your descendants for generations); a gift that only you can give them. And a gift that once you’ve died and left them their inheritance outright, is wasted and cannot be reclaimed.January 11, 2008
Estate Planning? But I'm only 35! Secrets of the Old Rich Guys Revealed
- By Alexis Martin Neely
Unless you were born into an Über-rich family (and sometimes even then), your parents’ probably never discussed estate planning when you were growing up and didn’t have any kind of relationship with a personal lawyer (at least not one you remember discussed with fondness!)January 11, 2008
Show the Universe You Mean Business With These Professional Relationships
- By Alexis Martin Neely
When you are getting ready to start your business, it is an exciting time full of creativity and passion and often not a whole lot of money. So you’ve got to allocate your resources as efficiently as possible. What I’m going to share with you in this article will help you allocate resources where most business owners don’t and it’s a big part of the reason they fail. While tax, legal and money matters aren’t always fun, they are the foundation of your success.January 11, 2008
Estate Planning FAQs
- By Alexis Martin Neely
Q: Wills vs. Trust. . . why do you say we need both? Alexis says: A Will is a legal document that tells a Court how you want your assets to be distributed after your death. If you have over a certain amount of assets (varies by State), it requires the Executor to go into Court and get an order from the Court to distribute your assets using a process called Probate. ...