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Is a Joint Will What You Need?
June 30th, 2016
Some couples who know that they should get wills and who would prefer not to pay for two of them might want to consider getting a joint will, but they need to know exactly what they are getting. Rather than getting two separate wills some married cou…
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Categories: Aging Issues, Current Affairs, Elder Law, Estate Planning, Succession, Trust Funding, Weblogs, Will
Who Profits From the Sumner Redstone Situation?
June 29th, 2016
The continuing battles over Sumner Redstone's competency in court and the media is not profiting shareholders in the companies that he owns, but someone is profiting from the situation. The current fight over Sumner Redstone's competency an…
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Your Retirement and Your Children
June 28th, 2016
You might think that you are only hurting yourself by not saving for retirement, but you are also hurting your children in two important ways. It is common knowledge that a large percentage of Americans do not have any retirement savings. Some people…
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Categories: Aging Issues, Current Affairs, Estate Planning, Long Term Care, Medicaid, Power of Attorney, Probate, Succession, Taxes, Trust Funding, Weblogs, Will
Things Prince Can Teach You about Estate Planning
June 27th, 2016
You have probably heard that Prince died without a will. There are important things about estate planning that you can learn from that. Despite a net worth of millions of dollars the musician Prince never had a will drafted or any other form of estat…
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Joan Rivers' Estate Sale
June 24th, 2016
Collectors are eager to bid on a collection of valuable items that will go up for auction at a sale of Joan Rivers' estate in June. Joan Rivers never kept it a secret that she loved luxurious things and was an avid collector of fine items. Follo…
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Categories: Aging Issues, Books, Charitable Giving, Current Affairs, Estate Planning, Film, Succession, Taxes, Television, Trust Funding, Weblogs, Will
Tags: Estates
The Bizarre Battle Over B.B. King's Estate
June 23rd, 2016
It might have been physically impossible for the late musician B.B. King to have children, yet he claimed that he had 15 of them. Those who survive are in a strange battle over his estate. According to B.B. King's biographer, the musician was to…
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Categories: Aging Issues, Blended Families, Current Affairs, Estate Planning, Family Business, Music, Succession, Trust Funding, Weblogs, Will
Whitney Houston Estate Fights IRS
June 22nd, 2016
Whitney Houston passed away over four years ago, but her estate is still in an ongoing dispute with the Internal Revenue Service over the value of the estate and how much tax is owed. Both the estates of Whitney Houston and her daughter Bobbi Kristin…
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Categories: Aging Issues, Current Affairs, Estate Planning, Succession, Taxes, Television, Trust Funding, Weblogs, Will
The Greatest of All Time's Estate
June 21st, 2016
Boxing legend Muhammad Ali recently passed away. The details of his estate plan are not yet known, but he left behind a large estate and family. With the passing of Muhammad Ali, a true sports icon has left the scene. At this early stage it is not ye…
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Categories: Aging Issues, Blended Families, Charitable Giving, Current Affairs, Elder Law, Estate Planning, Film, Games, Sports, Succession, Taxes, Television, Trust Funding, Weblogs, Will
Tags: estate plan
Military Estate Planning
June 20th, 2016
Due to the nature of their employment people in the military need estate plans so that their families are taken care of no matter what happens. Everyone should have at least a basic estate plan because it is impossible to know when an accident or ser…
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Categories: Aging Issues, Current Affairs, Estate Planning, Long Term Care, Succession, Trust Funding, Weblogs, Will
Same-Sex Partner Estate Tax Case
June 17th, 2016
A recent ruling by a New Jersey tax court illustrates that the legality of same-sex marriage does not solve all estate difficulties for same-sex couples who were not able to get married previously. In 2004 New Jersey passed a domestic partnership law…
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Categories: Aging Issues, Current Affairs, Elder Law, Estate Planning, Postnuptial Agreements, Succession, Taxes, Trust Funding, Weblogs, Will
