Guest blogger Elizabeth Leverage Hilles’89, Director of Trusts, Estates, and Gift Planning at the University of Virginia’s Law School Foundation and gift planning chair for her 25th Reunion, shares five common estate planning “myths” that can create unintended problems and consequences for you and your family. Myth #1:  Appointing an executor is easy; so is […]

1.  Myth: Writing a check is always the best way to support a charity. Charities love receiving cash. Who doesn’t? But it’s not necessarily the most advantageous way for you to make charitable gifts. Own stock? It could be a better option. The shares in your brokerage account are probably “publicly traded,” which means they’re […]