Dear Jonathan: I am proud of myself. I just finished preparing my own trust. It wasn’t that hard to do with all the various forms to pick from on the internet.

Dear Jonathan: I am a widower approaching 80 years old. I have four children. I have a great relationship with three of them, but my relationship with my youngest son has been broken for many years.

Dear Jonathan: I am a widower and have three adult children. I happened to mention to one of my daughters that I would like someone to help me with bill paying. I am at that point in my life that I’m starting to become forgetful, and I don’t want to have to worry about forgetting to pay my bills.

Dear Jonathan: When I die, I want to give one half of my estate to my children and the other half to certain friends in need and charities. I do not have a large estate, but I have been a good steward of my money and have an investment portfolio worth over $2 million.

Dear Jonathan: I am an elderly gentleman who is not married and has no children. Because I have become increasingly aware of my own mortality, I have decided to engage in estate planning for the first time in my life.

Dear Jonathan: I recently made the very sad but necessary decision to move my wife into a memory care unit at a local facility. Her dementia has progressed to a point where I can no longer care for her at home. Fortunately, I have the financial means to pay for her care in the nicest facility in town, where she will receive excellent care.

Dear Jonathan: I am single. A few years ago I engaged in estate planning. The documents I prepared included a will, financial and healthcare durable powers of attorney, and a trust.

Dear Jonathan: I am a widower and have five adult children. Rather than engage in any formal and costly estate planning, I plan to keep it simple by adding my daughter’s name to the title of my assets.

Dear Jonathan: I am a widower and have five adult children. Rather than engage in any formal and costly estate planning, I plan to keep it simple by adding my daughter’s name to the title of my assets.

Dear Jonathan: I am a 70-year-old widower who is newly remarried. It is also a second marriage for my wife, and we each have two children from our first marriages.