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Estate Planning

Name who decides, protect what you have built, and make sure documents work when a family actually needs them.

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Planning Specialist Cindy Bragdon, CFP®, CTFA

Cindy Bragdon brings decades of estate, trust, and fiduciary work to this practice. She has spent her career in the rooms where documents either work, or fail, when a family needs them.

Estate planning is not a stack of forms. It is who can sign, who gets paid, who is protected, and how a surviving spouse or child is cared for without a scramble.

When you own a business, succession sits in the same conversation: voting control, payroll, and a surviving family that is not forced into a fire sale.

We work alongside your attorney. We do not replace counsel. We make sure the financial reality of the household, and the company, if you have one, is in the plan.

Who this is for

Individuals and families who need more than a will in a drawer, including those with children, aging parents, charitable goals, or a business that would stall without them.

What you should walk away with

  • An estate framework that matches the life you actually live
  • Coordination with your estate attorney: plans that can be funded and followed
  • Clarity on trusts, beneficiaries, and who steps in during incapacity
  • Thoughtful transfer of both wealth and decision-making

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Financial Clarity Assessment

Eight questions. Four scores. A plain-language read on cash, visibility, investment alignment, and readiness for the next chapter.

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Open Financial Clarity Assessment

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Rusty will tell you if this is the right starting point, or if another part of the work should come first.

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