Estate Planning
Estate planning is about one thing: making sure your money, your property, and the people you care for end up in the right hands — without a legal mess. Guardianship, on the other hand, is about making decisions for someone who can't make them. This page explains the common estate planning and guardianship terms in plain English: wills, trusts, powers of attorney, executors, guardians, and more.
- Adult Guardianship
- Agent / Attorney-in-Fact
- Beneficiary
- Executor
- Guardian
- Guardianship
- Guardianship of Minor
- Guardianship of the Estate
- Guardianship of the Person
- Heirs
- Irrevocable Trust
- Land Trust
- Power of Attorney
- Power of Attorney for Healthcare
- Power of Attorney for Property
- Principal
- Revocable Living Trust (RLT)
- Special Needs Trust
- Step Children & Inheritance
- Successor Guardian
- Trust
- Trustee
- Will / Last Will and Testament