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Executor Duties and Errors
June 2nd, 2016
The duties of the executor of an estate are well known by industry professionals, but not always well known by the laypersons who are appointed as executors. This leads to those executors making common mistakes that would be easily avoidable had they…
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Baby Boomers' Retirement Mistakes
June 1st, 2016
If you want to leave an inheritance for your children and grandchildren, it is important to make sure that your assets are not all spent in your retirement. That requires good retirement planning. Unfortunately, Baby Boomers are collectively making a…
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Categories: Aging Issues, Current Affairs, Elder Law, Estate Planning, Long Term Care, Power of Attorney, Succession, Taxes, Trust Funding, Weblogs
Making a Family Foundation Work
May 31st, 2016
Family foundations are a great way for members of a family to come together in a joint effort to contribute to society and their communities. If not handled properly, however, they can also be a source of family strife. The latter is avoidable with g…
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Business Estate Planning
May 30th, 2016
Business ownership complicates estate planning, but it does not make it impossible. The more assets you have and the more complex those assets are the more complicated it is to make an effective estate plan. This is especially true if one of your ass…
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Categories: Aging Issues, Current Affairs, Elder Law, Estate Planning, Family Business, Small Business, Succession, Taxes, Trust Funding, Weblogs, Will
Nursing Home Evictions Increasing
May 27th, 2016
Elder Law advocates claim that nursing homes are increasingly turning to improper evictions to rid themselves of patients they view as undesirable or difficult. Under federal law nursing homes can only evict residents under limited circumstances. How…
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Redstone Case over for Now
May 25th, 2016
The much watched legal battle over the competency of Sumner Redstone has reached a conclusion as a judge has dismissed the case. Sumner Redstone is the 92 year old who owns a controlling interest in both CBS and Viacom. For that reason, markets and t…
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Unusual Funerals Trending
May 24th, 2016
A man in the U.K. has unveiled his plans for his coffin. They illustrate the trend of people planning unusual ways for loved ones to remember them. In many places there is a tradition that when someone passes away his friends will have a drink in rem…
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Attorney Indicted for Social Security Disability Fraud
May 19th, 2016
A notorious attorney who called himself "Mr. Social Security" has been indicted for fraud. This is good news for families of children with special needs and for seniors. Kentucky attorney Eric Conn built one of the largest Social Security D…
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Categories: Aging Issues, Current Affairs, Elder Abuse, Estate Planning, Long Term Care, Medicaid, Special Needs, Succession, Taxes, Trust Funding, Weblogs, Will
Understanding Alzheimer's Disease
May 18th, 2016
Alzheimer's disease is a frightening thing to think about getting for anyone. Understanding what we know about the disease can help lessen that fear, but one of the most important things to understand about Alzheimer's is what we still do n…
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Frank Zappa's Family Argues over Music and Trust
May 17th, 2016
In the first decade after the death of musician Frank Zappa his estate plan appeared to have worked smoothly. More recently, however, issues have arisen that have Zappa's children fighting between themselves. After Frank Zappa passed away in 199…
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Categories: Aging Issues, Blended Families, Current Affairs, Elder Abuse, Elder Law, Estate Planning, Family Business, Music, Succession, Television, Weblogs, Will
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