A deed is something you probably don’t think much about until you have to buy, sell, or otherwise transfer real property. A deed is the legal instrument that transfers ownership of that property from one party to another. So when you are the person granting the deed (the grantor), and especially when you’re the person […]
Divorce involves the division of marital property, and some property is easier to divide than others. The joint bank account can be closed and the contents split right down the middle. Much more challenging, for a variety of reasons, is the division of most retirement plans. If you or your spouse have an employer-provided retirement […]
Just about every adult needs an estate plan, but few need one more than unmarried partners. Many people assume estate planning needs to be a priority only for those who are wealthy or have young children. Those are certainly important reasons to create an estate plan, but they are far from the only ones. The […]
