Who Depends on Your Income?
One of the most important questions to be considered as you broach the estate planning process is to evaluate those people who are reliant on your income. If you are currently the primary breadwinner for your family, your sudden disability or death could present significant problems to your loved ones.
Thinking about these possibilities and taking proactive steps to protect your loved ones can go a long way towards enabling them to make quick decisions and to care for these important aspects after you pass away.
With your income gone life could change in an instant for your dependents with no solution in place. In addition to constructing a comprehensive estate plan that passes on your assets to your loved ones, you also need to think about protecting against loss of life.
This is typically done using life insurance which allows your chosen beneficiaries to receive these assets outside of the probate process and much more easily. This can provide for immediate financial support for your family members so that they can make the decisions most important to them. With so many different things to think about in the wake of your loss, you can make things easier for your family members by contemplating the creation of an estate plan that incorporates additional support through the vehicle of life insurance.