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Only 35 percent of Americans have a will, according to a 2012 survey by FindLaw.com, a legal information Web site. If you die intestate, which is what dying without a valid will is called, your assets could be distributed according to the laws of you… Read More

Financial and estate planners are saying that many baby-boom small business owners have not planned for succession at their business. Most expect to sell or close them. The impending retirement of thousands of business owners presents an economic cha… Read More

Very few individuals properly document the intricate details of their lifetime of work, investing and saving, creating a massive paper chase at the time of their passing. You hear about those situations, but the recent PR Web article titled "Los… Read More

For testators who have been actively involved in the dynamics of their own family for decades, disinheritance might be an easy decision. For estate planners, however, disinheritance is a difficult issue to deal with that must be addressed adequately… Read More

In the wake of a career that spanned more than 300 films, Mickey Rooney's most important role may have occurred in 2011 when he testified in front of Congress to help draw awareness to the crimes related to elder abuse. At the time, it was estim… Read More

When Rocket Lawyer asked why so many people do not have wills, here’s what they said: • 57% said they “just haven’t gotten around to making one”• 22% felt that making a will wasn’t urgent• 17% didn’t think they needed a will• 14%… Read More

Your widowed dad seems to have new pep. He’s getting out more, looking trimmer and more dapper in new clothes. He skips the old boys’ breakfasts at the diner and makes reservations at farm-to-table bistros instead. He starts taking cha-cha lesson… Read More

Nobody wants to contemplate his or her own mortality. And you may even feel that, in the context of death, questions about who gets which of your assets seem trivial. That might explain why numerous recent studies have found that only between 35% and… Read More