New Year Resolutions: Refresh Your Estate Plan for 2025
Happy 2025!
Why Consider Your Estate Plan in the New Year?
The New Year is a time of reflection and fresh starts, making it a perfect opportunity to review your estate plan. Just as you set goals for health, career, and personal growth, revisiting your estate plan ensures your financial and family goals are also on track.
An updated estate plan provides peace of mind and ensures your loved ones are protected. Whether it’s ensuring your will reflects current wishes or confirming health care proxies and powers of attorney are up to date, this small resolution can have a lasting impact.
Key Areas to Reflect On
When revisiting your estate plan, keep these key considerations in mind:
Updates to Documents and Beneficiary Designations: Verify your chosen beneficiaries for wills, trusts, and retirement accounts reflect your current intentions.
Powers of Attorney: Review your health care and financial proxies to ensure they align with your current needs.
Conservatorships: Update your emergency preparations for minor children as needed.
Trust Adjustments: Reflect on any new goals or changes in assets that might impact your trusts.
Tax Implications: Stay informed about recent tax laws that could affect your estate planning strategy.
By keeping these areas updated, you protect your family’s future and ensure your legacy remains intact.
Wishing You a Prosperous New Year
As we welcome 2025, we extend our warmest wishes for health, happiness, and success. May this year bring you and your family peace of mind and prosperity. Taking steps to review or create an estate plan is one way to build a secure future for your loved ones.
If updating your estate plan is on your to-do list, know that it’s never too late to start. A well-crafted estate plan is a gift of stability and care for those you hold dear.
From all of us at Nicholas S. Ratush, PC, we wish you a Happy New Year filled with abundance, joy, and fulfillment. Here’s to a fresh start and a secure future!
