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December 20, 2022
Why You Need a Business Succession Plan
Category:
Estate Planning
November 15, 2022
How Does the Probate Process Work in California?
Category:
Estate Planning
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Estate Taxes
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Inheritance
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Wills
August 30, 2022
How Do My Student Loans Affect Estate Planning?
Category:
Estate Planning
July 26, 2022
What if Nest Egg Runs Dry in Retirement?
Category:
Retirement
July 17, 2022
How Do My Student Loans Affect Estate Planning?
Category:
Estate Planning
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Wills
June 22, 2022
Consultation With an Estate Planning Attorney Is Important to Interpret the Proposed IRS Anti-Clawback Provision ?
Category:
Estate Planning
June 21, 2022
Why Is Beneficiary Designation Important
Category:
Estate Planning
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Retirement
June 20, 2022
How Do IRAs and 401(K)S Fit Into Estate Planning?
Category:
401Ks
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Estate Planning
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IRAs
June 17, 2022
What Happens Financially When A Spouse Dies
Category:
401Ks
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Estate Planning
June 16, 2022
What Are Benefits of Putting Money Into a Trust?
Category:
Trusts
June 15, 2022
How Can I Help My Family After I Pass Away Including Having a Will?
Category:
Uncategorized
June 14, 2022
How to Find a Great Estate Planning Attorney
Category:
Estate Planning
June 10, 2022
The Most Common Estate Planning Mistakes and Why You Need to Talk to an Attorney
Category:
Estate Planning
June 08, 2022
What Are the Most Important Estate Planning Documents for Seniors?
Category:
Estate Planning
June 08, 2022
Estate Planning Resources for Financial Professionals
Category:
Estate Planning
June 06, 2022
How Do I Create a Revocable or Irrevocable Trust?
Category:
Trusts
June 03, 2022
How Much Sleep Should Seniors Get?
Category:
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June 02, 2022
What Are the Latest Ways to Prevent Dementia?
Category:
Elder Care
June 01, 2022
What Are Benefits of Pre-planning My Funeral With My Estate Planning Lawyer?
Category:
Estate Planning
June 01, 2022
Can I Avoid Disagreements in My Family About Mom’s Caregiving?
Category:
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June 01, 2022
Why Have A Joint Revocable Trust
Category:
Trusts
May 27, 2022
What Do I Need to Do Right After Spouse Dies and How Estate Planning Can Assist?
Category:
Estate Planning
May 26, 2022
Is Putting a Home in a Revocable Living Trust a Good Estate Planning Move?
Category:
Estate Planning
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Trusts
May 25, 2022
Does ‘Gray Divorce’ Fit Into Estate Planning?
Category:
Estate Planning
May 24, 2022
Does Power of Attorney Perform the Same Way in Every State?
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May 24, 2022
When a Spouse Dies, Does Survivor Get Their Social Security Benefits?
Category:
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May 20, 2022
Should I Have a Pour-Over Will?
Category:
Wills
May 19, 2022
What Kind of Prenup Will Soccer Star David Beckham’s Son Have to Sign?
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May 18, 2022
Did Monkee Mike Nesmith Have More Than One Will and Why He Should Have Consulted With an Estate Planning Lawyer?
Category:
Estate Planning
May 17, 2022
Can a Family Limited Liability Company Reduce Estate Taxes?
Category:
Estate Taxes
May 17, 2022
Can You Inherit a House With a Mortgage?
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May 13, 2022
My Children Really Don’t Want My Stuff?
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May 12, 2022
Can I Protect My Inheritance From Divorce With an Estate Planning Attorney?
Category:
Estate Planning
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Inheritance
May 12, 2022
How Do I Contest a Will?
Category:
Wills
May 10, 2022
What Assets Are Not Considered Part of an Estate?
Category:
Estate Planning
May 09, 2022
What Is Federal Estate Tax Exemption, and Does It Matter?
Category:
Tax Planning
May 06, 2022
Should I Consult With an Estate Planning Lawyer About My Cabin on the Lake?
Category:
Estate Planning
May 05, 2022
How to Get Started on an Estate Plan
Category:
Estate Planning
May 04, 2022
Researchers Look To Reduce the Risk of Women Developing Dementia
Category:
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May 03, 2022
When Are You Required to File a Gift Tax Return?
Category:
Tax Returns
May 02, 2022
What Do I Need to Know About Long-Term Care Insurance?
Category:
Family Care
April 29, 2022
Should You Have a Grat?
Category:
Estate Planning
April 28, 2022
Will Eating More Fish Improve Senior Health
Category:
Elder Care
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Senior Health
April 27, 2022
When Should I Think About Business Succession?
Category:
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April 26, 2022
Does an Elder Orphan Need an Estate Plan?
Category:
Estate Planning
April 25, 2022
What Happens To A Pet When Owner Dies
Category:
Estate Planning
April 22, 2022
What Are the New IRA Distribution Rules?
Category:
IRAs
April 22, 2022
Why Did Diana Rigg Consult With an Estate Planning Lawyer After Her Mother’s Traumatic Cancer?
Category:
Estate Planning
April 21, 2022
Can a Vacation Home Be Kept in the Family for Generations With an LLC?
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April 20, 2022
Can I Avoid Financial Abuse or Exploitation?
Category:
Exploitation
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Financial Abuse
April 19, 2022
Can Playing Golf Lower Risk of Dementia?
Category:
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April 15, 2022
No Will? Consult With an Estate Planning Attorney or What Happens Can Be a Horror Show
Category:
Estate Planning
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Wills
April 14, 2022
What Should I Leave Out of My Will?
Category:
Wills
April 13, 2022
What Are the Current Gift Tax Limits?
Category:
Tax Returns
April 12, 2022
New Bill Could Make Long-Term Care Insurance More Affordable
Category:
Long-Term Care Insurance
April 11, 2022
Is Estate Planning Affected by Property in Two States?
Category:
Estate Planning
March 31, 2022
How Can I Obtain a Power of Attorney for My Dad?
Category:
Power of Attorney
March 30, 2022
Is It Important for Physicians to Have an Estate Plan?
Category:
Estate Planning
March 29, 2022
What Can I Do Instead of a Stretch IRA?
Category:
IRAs
March 28, 2022
How Much Was Stolen From Elderly Client?
Category:
Financial Abuse
March 25, 2022
Estate Planning Tools and the Ones You Must Have
Category:
Estate Planning
March 24, 2022
Taking Care of Dying Parent’s Financial Affairs Can Be Challenging
Category:
Elder Care
March 23, 2022
Can I Split My Inheritance With My Sibling?
Category:
Inheritance
March 22, 2022
Can I Add Children’s Names to My House Deed?
Category:
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March 21, 2022
What Is the President Proposing to Help Nursing Home Quality?
Category:
Elder Care
March 18, 2022
Is Palliative Care a Benefit to All Seniors?
Category:
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March 17, 2022
What Happens When Bitcoin Holders Die?
Category:
Bitcoin
March 16, 2022
Are Millennials Estate Planning?
Category:
Estate Planning
March 15, 2022
Is a Bypass Trust Necessary?
Category:
Trusts
March 14, 2022
Should I Have a Charitable Trust in My Estate Plan?
Category:
Estate Planning
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Trusts
March 11, 2022
Can You Set up a Trust After Death?
Category:
Trusts
March 10, 2022
What’s the Latest on Stroke Prevention?
Category:
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March 09, 2022
How Do I Set up an Estate Plan to Help Grandchild With Special Needs?
Category:
Estate Planning
March 08, 2022
What You Need to Know About Home Shopping as a Retiree
Category:
Retirement
March 07, 2022
Does Marriage Have an Impact on a Will?
Category:
Wills
March 02, 2022
What Can We Learn From Prince’s Estate Planning (Or Lack Thereof)?
Category:
Estate Planning
March 02, 2022
What Can’t I Forget in My Will Now That I’m 50?
Category:
Wills
March 01, 2022
Am I Getting All the Social Security Benefits I Can?
Category:
Social Security Benefits
February 28, 2022
What Are States Doing to Help Pay Long-Term Care Costs in Future?
Category:
Uncategorized
February 25, 2022
Asset Protection Is Important for Valuable Assets in Estate Planning
Category:
Estate Planning
February 24, 2022
Should I Delay Claiming Social Security?
Category:
Social Security Claim
February 23, 2022
How to File Tax Return When Mom Passes Away
Category:
Tax Returns
February 22, 2022
What Expensive Senior Health Problems Can Arise After 50
Category:
Elder Care
,
Senior Health
February 21, 2022
When Does Someone Need a Guardian?
Category:
Uncategorized
February 17, 2022
What Are Common Mistakes People Make With Living Trusts Causing Inheritance Tax?
Category:
Trusts
February 17, 2022
What Was Stephen Sondheim Estate Plan?
Category:
Estate Planning
February 17, 2022
What Legal Terms in Estate Planning Do Non-lawyers Need to Know?
Category:
Estate Planning
February 15, 2022
Write A Letter Of Instruction For Loved Ones
Category:
Estate Planning
February 14, 2022
Why Are Siblings Battling Over Moms Estate
Category:
Estate Planning
February 11, 2022
How Do I Conduct an Estate Sale?
Category:
Estate Sale
February 10, 2022
How to Avoid Giving Estate to Your Ex
Category:
Divorce
,
Estate Planning
February 09, 2022
Why Should I Have A Living Will
Category:
Wills
February 08, 2022
Can You Keep Your Children From Inheriting Your Money?
Category:
Inheritance
February 07, 2022
What’s the Difference Between Probate Assets and Non-probate Assets?
Category:
Uncategorized
February 04, 2022
Should I Place My Home in a Trust?
Category:
Trusts
February 03, 2022
Update on Transfer Taxes for 2022
Category:
Tax Planning
February 02, 2022
Can a Trust Be Created to Protect a Pet?
Category:
Trusts
February 01, 2022
Will Moving To A New State Impact My Estate Planning
Category:
Estate Planning
January 31, 2022
What Happens to IRAS and 401(K) When Spouse Dies?
Category:
IRAs
January 28, 2022
What Is Considered an Asset in an Estate?
Category:
Life Insurance
January 27, 2022
What Are Biggest Blunders in Wealth Transfer?
Category:
Wealth Transfer
January 26, 2022
Can a Nasal Spray Prevent Dementia?
Category:
Uncategorized
January 25, 2022
Do We Know the Impact That Omicron Variant Has on Seniors?
Category:
Uncategorized
January 24, 2022
How Should I Plan to Sell My Business?
Category:
Uncategorized
January 21, 2022
Does My State Have an Inheritance Tax?
Category:
Inheritance
January 20, 2022
What Do People Get Wrong About Social Security?
Category:
Senior Health
January 19, 2022
What Happens If A Trust Is Invalid
Category:
Trusts
January 18, 2022
Can I Age Well in the New Year?
Category:
Uncategorized
January 17, 2022
Is Prince’s Estate Settled Yet?
Category:
Uncategorized
January 14, 2022
Can You Remove Someone From a Life Estate?
Category:
Uncategorized
January 14, 2022
Do Dental Problems Mean Cognitive Impairment?
Category:
Uncategorized
January 13, 2022
Can I Avoid Password Problems for My Family in Estate Planning?
Category:
Estate Planning
January 12, 2022
Why Did The Boss Sell His Music Catalog
Category:
Estate Planning
,
Tax Planning
January 11, 2022
What Are Trends in Senior Health Care?
Category:
Healthcare
January 07, 2022
What Does An Elder Law Attorney Do
Category:
Elder Care
,
Estate Planning
January 05, 2022
Does Cataract Surgery Mean I’ll Have a Lower Risk of Dementia?
Category:
Uncategorized
January 04, 2022
How Much Is the Required Minimum Distribution From Retirement Accounts?
Category:
Retirement
January 04, 2022
Can I Use a Roth IRA in Estate Planning?
Category:
Estate Planning
,
Roth IRA
January 03, 2022
Do I Need More Than a Will?
Category:
Wills
December 30, 2021
What Taxes Have to Be Paid When Someone Dies?
Category:
Tax Planning
December 29, 2021
How Can I Clean Up My Estate Plan?
Category:
Estate Planning
December 28, 2021
How Do I Give My Children the Summer Home?
Category:
Uncategorized
December 27, 2021
What Are the Major Signs of Blood Clots?
Category:
Elder Care
December 27, 2021
Prince Philip’s Will: Are Royals Different Than Regular People?
Category:
Uncategorized
December 21, 2021
What’s the Best Way to Mess up Estate Plan?
December 20, 2021
Should I Start Estate Planning Now?
Category:
Estate Planning
December 20, 2021
Will My Social Security Benefits Be Taxed
Category:
Social Security Claim
December 20, 2021
Do I Have to Pay Off Husband’s Debts After He Dies?
Category:
Uncategorized
December 20, 2021
Who Should I Name As Trustee
Category:
Trusts
December 14, 2021
Will I Be Ready For Long Term Care
Category:
Elder Care
December 14, 2021
Do Grandchildren Get Some of the Estate if Their Dad Dies Before Me?
Category:
Inheritance
December 14, 2021
Does a Trust Protect You From a Lawsuit?
Category:
Trusts
December 14, 2021
How Do I Handle Mom’s Healthcare Needs as She Ages?
Category:
Healthcare
December 09, 2021
Is Estate Tax Exemption Going to Change?
Category:
Estate Taxes
December 08, 2021
Do I Need a Living Trust?
Category:
Trusts
December 08, 2021
How Can I Rescue My Retirement?
Category:
Retirement
December 07, 2021
How to Approach Parents About Estate Planning
Category:
Estate Planning
November 30, 2021
You May Need A Durable Power Of Attorney
Category:
Power of Attorney
November 30, 2021
What Should I Know Before Starting Social Security?
Category:
Social Security Benefits
November 30, 2021
Can Cryptocurrency Be Inherited?
Category:
Uncategorized
November 30, 2021
Do College Kids Need Estate Planning?
Category:
Estate Planning
November 30, 2021
Does Anyone Know Where Your Money Is?
Category:
Uncategorized
November 22, 2021
Should I Write My Own Will
Category:
Wills
November 22, 2021
Doctors Say Not to Take Low-Dose Aspirin for Senior Health
Category:
Uncategorized
November 21, 2021
What Can We Learn From Painter Bob Ross’ Business Succession and Estate Planning?
Category:
Estate Planning
November 21, 2021
What Can We Learn From Painter Bob Ross’ Business Succession and Estate Planning?
Category:
Estate Planning
November 21, 2021
Can My Power of Attorney Change My Will?
Category:
Uncategorized
November 21, 2021
Will Inheritance Be A Benefit Or Burden
Category:
Inheritance
November 16, 2021
Will There Be New Federal Funds For Home Care Services For The Elderly
Category:
Elder Care
,
Medicare
November 16, 2021
What Are Biggest Blunders I Can Make in Retirement Planning?
Category:
Retirement