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Estate Planning When Your Clients Have Mixed Immigration Status

Every family situation has unique complexities when it comes to estate planning. However, for Americans married to non-U.S. citizens, navigating the legal landscape requires additional considerations. From understanding inheritance rights to addressing federal estate and gift taxes, providing estate planning advice to these clients demands a strategic and well-informed approach. Here’s what leg...

Role of Estate Planning Attorneys

By: HeirSearch. Estate planning attorneys, also referred to as estate law attorneys or probate attorneys play a cruci...

Estate Planning Checklist: What To Do After Drafting a Will

By: HeirSearch. Drafting a Will is just one of many vital steps that comprise estate planning. Estate planners or exe...

Power of Attorney and Living Wills

By: HeirSearch. Two primary documents that help ensure an individual’s access to their desired healthcare outcome are...

How Forensic Genealogy Differs From Regular Genealogy

By: HeirSearch. Genealogy is the study of one’s ancestors, a process that allows individuals to trace their “family t...

When to Use an Affidavit of Heirship

By: HeirSearch. HeirSearch™ provides forensic genealogy search services to legal and trust professionals to help them...

Tools of the Trade: How a Professional Probate Genealogist Finds Missing Heirs

By: HeirSearch. Many trust and estate professionals who need to locate missing heirs or beneficiaries follow the do-i...