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Estate Planning & Wealth Transfer Services for Individuals

Safeguarding Your Future and Your Legacy

How long have you been reminding yourself that you need to update your estate plan? The process can feel daunting at first because it’s quite detailed and requires professional direction. But with Savant’s estate planning professionals guiding you through the process, you can have the perspective and counsel to help you manage these decisions with greater clarity. 

Savant’s in-house team includes a roster of attorneys and other financial professionals who specialize in the intricacies of estate planning. They can help provide guidance to manage the complex issues associated with estate planning and wealth transfer strategies. 

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How Savant Will Assist You

Potential Issues

Complexity

Family Conflict

Conflicted Advice

Lack of Time

Our Approach

We Help Align Your Vision and Values

We Create Structure & Strategies for Advantageous Outcomes

Potential Benefits

Reduced Financial Risk

Reduced Tax Liability

Having a Structured Estate Plan is Important if You:

  • Want to delay distribution of wealth to your heirs
  • Have remarried
  • Own a business
  • Would like to provide charitable gifts
  • Have minor children or ones with special needs
  • Have an estate valued at more than the federal gift and estate tax applicable exclusion amount, or your state’s estate tax exclusion amount
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Planning for Long-Term Wealth Transfer and Legacy

Estate planning for high-net-worth individuals often involves more than creating basic documents. As financial situations grow more complex, decisions need to account for tax considerations, family dynamics, and long-term objectives that extend across generations. 

Planning also involves creating a thoughtful structure around these decisions. Trust and estate planning services can help define how to manage, distribute, and protect assets, while allowing for flexibility as circumstances evolve over time. 

Taking a long-term approach to multigenerational wealth transfer can help you to better align your financial resources with your broader goals. With the right framework in place, you can create continuity, preserve wealth, and provide clarity for the people who come after you. 

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Why Choose Savant Wealth Management for Estate Planning and Wealth Transfer

Estate planning involves more than creating documents. It requires a coordinated strategy that aligns your financial, legal, and personal goals over time. 

At Savant Wealth Management, we take a comprehensive approach to estate planning and wealth transfer. Our in-house team includes experienced attorneys and financial professionals who work together to help address the complexities of trust structures, tax considerations, and long-term planning decisions. 

We focus on creating strategies that reflect your unique circumstances, whether that involves preserving wealth, supporting charitable goals, or planning for future generations. By integrating estate planning with your broader financial strategy, we can help create continuity, clarity, and flexibility as your needs evolve. 

Our goal is to provide thoughtful guidance and a structured approach so you can move forward with confidence, knowing your plan is designed to support both the people you care about and your long-term legacy. 

Frequently Asked Questions About Savant’s Estate Planning & Wealth Transfer Services

What are estate planning services, and how do they work?

Estate planning services can help individuals organize how to manage and distribute their assets over time. These services work by creating a structured plan that can align financial decisions, legal documents, and long-term goals. 

When should you update your estate plan?

You should review your estate plan after major life events such as marriage, divorce, the birth of children, or significant changes in financial circumstances. Regular updates can help the plan continue to reflect current goals and family needs. 

How can estate planning help reduce taxes?

Estate planning may help manage potential tax exposure by using strategies such as trusts, gifting, and coordinated planning across financial and legal structures. A thoughtful approach can help preserve more wealth for future generations. 

What role do trusts play in estate planning?

Trusts can help manage, protect, and distribute assets according to specific instructions. They can provide control over how and when heirs receive wealth while also supporting tax-efficient and flexible planning strategies. 

How does estate planning support multigenerational wealth transfer?

Estate planning can help create a framework for passing wealth across generations in a structured and intentional way. This includes aligning financial resources with family goals while maintaining flexibility for future decision-making. 

What do Savant’s estate planning services include?

Savant’s estate planning services include guidance across estate planning, wealth transfer, and trust strategies, supported by a team of attorneys and financial professionals. Estate planning document preparation and other legal services are offered through Savant Legal LLP, an affiliated law firm. This approach can help align financial, legal, and tax considerations within a broader plan. 

Do you need an estate plan if you do not have children?

In most cases, yes. An estate plan does more than name heirs. Without one, state law decides who receives your assets and who can act for you, which may not match your intentions. An estate plan also establishes who makes medical and financial decisions if you become unable to, directs assets toward charitable causes or people outside your immediate family, and can help reduce the administrative burden and public exposure of probate. 

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Savant Wealth Management (“Savant”) is an SEC registered investment adviser headquartered in Rockford, Illinois. Past performance may not be indicative of future results. Different types of investments involve varying degrees of risk. Therefore, it should not be assumed that future performance of any specific investment or investment strategy, including the investments and/or investment strategies recommended and/or undertaken by Savant, or any non-investment related services, will be profitable, equal any historical performance levels, be suitable for your portfolio or individual situation, or prove successful. Please see our Important Disclosures.

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Savant By the Numbers

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25K+

Clients Served

1986

Year Established

73

Savant Offices

297

Employee Member-Owners

$58B

Client Assets – AUM & AUA*

*Company statistics as of 8/31/2026. Client assets refers to client assets under management (AUM) $56.5B and client assets under advisement (AUA) $1.5B.
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