What happens to your pets after you’re gone?

Pet Estate Planning Checklist: 6 Steps to Protect Your Pets After You’re Gone

What happens to your pets after you’re gone? Planning for your pet’s future is just as important as planning for your family’s. In this video, financial planner Michelle Fait shares her 6-step Pet Estate Planning Checklist—everything you need to ensure your pets are cared for if something happens to you.

You’ll learn:

How to choose caregivers and backups
Whether you really need a pet trust or if a simple plan will do
How to estimate lifetime care costs for dogs, cats, and even parrots
What care instructions and medical “advance directives” to leave behind
Common mistakes to avoid when planning for your pets

Because pets may be property in the eyes of the law—but they’re family in our hearts.