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How Can You Use Estate Planning To Take Care Of Your Pet?

If you have a pet, he or she probably feels like part of your family. So it makes sense to take care of your pet if you become incapacitated or pass away. Because if you don’t make any plans, your beloved companion could end up in an animal shelter or worse. The law looks at pets as personal property. So you can’t just name your pet as a beneficiary of your will or trust without some careful planning. Be Careful With Your Will Since you can’t name your pet as a beneficiary, you might consider leaving your pet and money for its care in your will to a trusted person who would be your pet’s new caregiver. But your pet’s new caregiver would not be legally required use the funds properly. In fact,…Read More

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