How Estate Planning is like eating a Marshmallow?

Years ago I remember reading about a “Marshmallow Experiment,” where Stanford researcher Walter Mischel gave a group of three to five year-olds a choice: Eat one marshmallow now, or wait fifteen minutes and get two marshmallows. The experiment was intended to measure children’s ability to delay gratification. Mischel found that only 30 percent of the […]

Living Revocable Trusts and FDIC Bank Insurance

You can have more than $250,000 at one insured bank or savings association and still be fully insured provided the accounts meet certain requirements. For instance, if you have a joint account then each person listed on the account can have $250,000. This is where living revocable trusts fit in. A living revocable trust account at an FDIC insured bank can have more than $250,000 as long as it has more than one beneficiary.

How Do I Protect Assets from Lawsuits?

Question: How do I protect the assets from lawsuits, bankruptcy and the courts? -D.O., Maryland It is best to get your asset protection take care of well before you get sued, go bankrupt, or have some other type of trouble.  Which instruments you use depends of the