{"id":671,"date":"2016-01-25T07:24:38","date_gmt":"2016-01-25T15:24:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rbillingslaw.com\/blog\/?p=671"},"modified":"2016-01-21T11:39:07","modified_gmt":"2016-01-21T19:39:07","slug":"keep-your-plan-up-to-date","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.rbillingslaw.com\/blog\/keep-your-plan-up-to-date\/","title":{"rendered":"Keep Your Plan Up-to-date"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rbillingslaw.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/WebFam1reduced.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-583\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rbillingslaw.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/WebFam1reduced-300x223.jpg\" alt=\"FamilySmiles\" width=\"300\" height=\"223\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.rbillingslaw.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/WebFam1reduced-300x223.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.rbillingslaw.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/WebFam1reduced.jpg 313w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Successful estate plans are those that accurately express your\u00a0wishes. As wishes change, the plan needs to be updated. A new year is a good time to review your estate plan and make sure it is up-to-date. Time Magazine published a short handy\u00a0checklist.<\/p>\n<p>Do\u00a0the fiduciaries designated still pass muster?<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>[M]ake sure that the people that you\u2019ve named in your plan as fiduciaries \u2014 such as your health care agent, attorney, executor, or trustee \u2014 are still appropriate. If your personal or professional relationships have changed, check to see whether your estate plan documents need an update.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Life insurance is another area of planning that tends to be neglected after it is set up.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>As part of a regular checkup, you should consider whether any significant life changes require adjustments to your life insurance coverage. Review your beneficiary designations to make sure they name the appropriate people, and ask yourself the following questions: Have you gotten married or divorced? Have you had additional children, or have older graduated college or moved out of the house? Have you changed jobs and lost employer-provided life insurance? Has your spouse or partner cut back on his or her work schedule? Have you purchased a more expensive home with a bigger mortgage?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Bringing\u00a0the estate plan current is a great way to maintain peace of mind and start the new year right.<\/p>\n<p>See the entire article <a href=\"http:\/\/time.com\/money\/4187332\/estate-planning-checkup-items-review\/\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Successful estate plans are those that accurately express your\u00a0wishes. As wishes change, the plan needs to be updated. A new year is a good time to review your estate plan and make sure it is up-to-date. Time Magazine published a &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rbillingslaw.com\/blog\/keep-your-plan-up-to-date\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[161,149],"tags":[209,208,43,210,36],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.rbillingslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/671"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.rbillingslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.rbillingslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.rbillingslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.rbillingslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=671"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.rbillingslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/671\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":673,"href":"http:\/\/www.rbillingslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/671\/revisions\/673"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.rbillingslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=671"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.rbillingslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=671"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.rbillingslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=671"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}