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Estate Planning in North Dakota. Getting Started. Getting Started. What is estate planning? . Basic Steps in Estate Planning . Initiate the discussion Take inventory and evaluate the present Develop objectives Choose professional advisers and discuss objectives
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Estate Planning in North Dakota Getting Started
Basic Steps in Estate Planning • Initiate the discussion • Take inventory and evaluate the present • Develop objectives • Choose professional advisers and discuss objectives • Consider alternatives and implement the plan • Review and modify
What Are Your Objectives? Examples: • Provide security for surviving spouse • Retire at age ____ • Name guardians, conservators or trustees for minor children • Transfer specific property to specific people • Provide charitable bequests • Other
What Your Attorney Should Know • Personal information • Property information • Assets • Insurance • Accounts receivable • Liabilities • Retirement plans • Location of important papers
Property Ownership • Fee simple absolute • Life estates and remainder interests • Sole ownership • Co-ownership
Fee Simple Absolute • The closest thing to absolute ownership
Life Estates and Remainder Interests • Life tenants • Remaindermen
Co-ownership • Tenancy in common • Joint tenancy
Summing it All Up • What is estate planning? • Basic steps in estate planning • What can a plan do for you? • What your attorney should know • Property ownership