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Marriage and Divorce If you’ve been recently married or divorced, this change in family dynamics is an essential update — especially after a divorce, to ensure your assets do not wind up in the hands of your ex-spouse, update your estate plan immediately!
beneficiary? Are you interested in adding someone to your plan? If you want to update your beneficiaries, do this right away. To care for your loved ones the way you prefer after you are gone, frequently check that your list of beneficiaries is current! Executors and Trustees If those whom you initially trusted to implement your plan after you passed away are no longer willing or able to carry out this job for you, it’s time for an update. You want to be sure everything is taken care of the way you want it to be.
A Move to a New State Estate planning laws change across state borders; thus, a review of your estate plan is necessary if you have recently moved to a new state. You want to keep your estate plan compliant with all state laws. Even when laws change, an estate plan attorney can assist you in keeping your plan current.
Assets Has the value of your estate vastly changed since you last reviewed it? Did you recently purchase a new vacation home? Have you sold your boat and/or motorhome? Any significant change to your assets will require a plan reassessment to review how your property will be distributed. Your estate plan is an essential document that takes care of your loved ones when you can no longer. Keep it up to date to be sure you are doing your best for your family and friends after you are gone.
Beneficiaries Has one of your
beneficiaries recently passed away? Did you have a falling out with a
ADD ORGANIZATION TO YOUR SPRING-CLEANING LIST!
4 Tips to Keep Your House Tidy
It's March — the month of spring-cleaning! While many often think of scrubbing the windows or washing the floors, spring is the perfect time to reorganize your house into a more efficient space. And no, you don’t need fancy storage furniture or shiny color-coded bins to get your home in order. There are many small things you can do just by using clever tricks and throwaway household items. So, try these organization hacks to tidy your home this month and beyond. Keep your matching bed sets together by using a pillowcase to store them. Organize your linen closet by slipping the flat and fitted sheets into one of their respective matching pillowcases (fold the other pillowcase in there as well!). This way, you’ll never have to hunt for the matching sheets again! Use an old disinfecting wipes container to store your plastic bags. If you like to reuse plastic shopping bags at home, finding a way to store them can be a pain. Next time you run out of Clorox Wipes (or another generic equivalent), rinse the inside of the container with water and store your plastic bags there. Then with the container’s
built-in feeding lid, you’ll be able to pull the bags out one by one as you need them. Label messy cords with tape. As working from home and numerous consumer electronics (shut up, Alexa!) become more prevalent in our lives, the cords connecting these devices can become tangled and hard to differentiate. By wrapping a piece of painter’s or washi tape around a cord, you can create a tag to write what that cord is attached to. So, no more guessing which cords you’re unplugging! Add some chalkboard paint to your jars. Sometimes, we have no idea what’s inside the jars in our pantry. Maybe it’s flour, or maybe it’s powdered sugar. Sometimes, it can be neither! To solve this, you can buy a little jar of chalkboard paint at your nearest craft store and paint squares on your jars (or other unlabeled containers around the house) to write with chalk what’s inside! The best part is you can erase these labels and change them based on the jar’s contents. These hacks will help you give your spring cleaning a major boost by keeping your home neat and tidy for the rest of the year!
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