{"id":5326,"date":"2016-10-12T09:00:33","date_gmt":"2016-10-12T09:00:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.racinelaw.net\/?p=5326"},"modified":"2016-10-12T09:00:33","modified_gmt":"2016-10-12T09:00:33","slug":"2-things-know-life-insurance-estate-planning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.racinelaw.net\/blog\/2-things-know-life-insurance-estate-planning\/","title":{"rendered":"2 Things to Know About Life Insurance and Estate Planning"},"content":{"rendered":"<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"JUSTIFY\">By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.racinelaw.net\/attorneys\/lane-v-erickson\">Lane V. Erickson<\/a>, Attorney<\/p>\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"JUSTIFY\">Life insurance can be an important part of your estate planning. This is particularly true if you are the main provider for your family. Life insurance can provide a great level of protection when you have minor dependents such as small children and\/or a stay-at-home spouse. And using life insurance as a component in your estate planning there are two specific things that you need to be aware of.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"JUSTIFY\">1. LIFE INSURANCE IS NOT A PART OF YOUR ESTATE<\/p>\n<div class=\"read_more_link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.racinelaw.net\/blog\/2-things-know-life-insurance-estate-planning\/\"  title=\"Continue Reading 2 Things to Know About Life Insurance and Estate Planning\" class=\"more-link\">Continue Reading \u203a<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Lane V. Erickson, Attorney Life insurance can be an important part of your estate planning. This is particularly true if you are the main provider for your family. Life insurance can provide a great level of protection when you have minor dependents such as small children and\/or a stay-at-home spouse. And using life insurance [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5326","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-estate-planning"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>2 Things to Know About Life Insurance and Estate Planning|Racine Olson<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"If you have questions about your life insurance policy and how it fits into your estate planning, we can help. 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