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Estate Planning. Protecting Your Family’s Future. Estate Planning Protects Your Family’s Future. Financially Provides for dependent family members Preserves assets for children or grandchildren Reduces or eliminates death taxes. Estate Planning Protects Your Family’s Future. Emotionally
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Estate Planning Protecting Your Family’s Future
Estate Planning Protects Your Family’s Future • Financially • Provides for dependent family members • Preserves assets for children or grandchildren • Reduces or eliminates death taxes
Estate Planning Protects Your Family’s Future • Emotionally • Minimizes potential for conflict among family members • Preserves family relationships
What Do I Do? • Learn about the issues • Decide what you want • Discuss your choices with the appropriate people • Make it legal ?
Learn About the Issues End-of-life Care Issues
Learn About the Issues Legal Authority Issues
Learn About the Issues Financial Issues
Learn About the Issues Property Issues
Learn About the Issues Family Issues
Learn About the Issues Death-Related Issues
Decide What You Want Make Decisions About • Who gets your property • People who depend upon you for support • Your preferences for living arrangements • Medical care you do or do not want
Decide What You Want Make Decisions About • How you will pay for medical, nursing home care, and other needed assistance • Who will make decisions for you when you cannot • Burial, cremation, and memorial arrangements
Discuss Your Choices With The Appropriate People • Spouse • Family members • Agent (under durable power of attorney) • Health care agent • Friends (if so desired) • Doctors and other medical providers • Lawyer • Clergy (if so desired)
Make It Legal Last Will and Testament Must-Have Document # 1
Make It Legal Must-Have Document # 2 Durable Power Of Attorney
Make It Legal Must-Have Document # 3 Health Care Power Of Attorney
Make It Legal Must-Have Document # 4 Advance Instruction For Mental Health Treatment
Make It Legal Must-Have Document # 5 Living Will
Make It Legal Must-Have Document # 6 Trust(s)
Other Useful Documents • Letter of last instruction • Ethical will • Medical directives or suggestions • Do not resuscitate order (DNR) • Organ donation card
Planning Your Estate The gift you give your family
For more information please refer to the Estate Planning newsletter on your mini-CD