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What to Leave to Your Family

August 9th, 2016
Throughout your life, you have most likely accumulated many different types of assets. When planning your estate, it is useful to know which of those assets you should leave to your family members. Estate planning is not just about deciding how much… Read More
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Categories: Aging Issues, Blended Families, Books, Charitable Giving, Current Affairs, Estate Planning, Family Business, Probate, Small Business, Succession, Taxes, Trust Funding, Weblogs, Will
Tags: estate planning, Estate Tax, Inheritance

Estate Looks for JFK Love Child

August 5th, 2016
That John F. Kennedy had affairs while he was President is fairly well known, so perhaps it should not be too surprising that the estate of one of the women alleged to have been involved in one of those affairs is following up on rumors that she had… Read More
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Categories: Aging Issues, Blended Families, Books, Current Affairs, Elder Law, Estate Planning, Succession, Taxes, Television, Trust Funding, Weblogs, Will
Tags: Celebrity Estates, Estate Administration, will

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… Read More
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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 End for 'To Kill a Mockingbird' in Schools?

March 30th, 2016
A controversial decision by author Harper Lee's estate has many people wondering if 'To Kill a Mockingbird' will continue to be assigned reading in school. Reading Harper Lee's anti-segregation novel To Kill a Mockingbird has beco… Read More
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Categories: Books, Current Affairs, Estate Planning, Film, Succession, Television, Weblogs, Will
Tags: Beneficiaries, books, current affairs, Estate, Heirs, paperback, reading, schools, to kill a mockingbird

The Fight Over a Mathematician's Notes

February 5th, 2016
Over a year after one of the most celebrated mathematicians of the 21st Century passed away a legal battle rages in France over the thousands of pages of notes he left behind. Alexander Grothendieck is neither a name most people will recognize nor is… Read More
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Categories: Aging Issues, Books, Elder Abuse, Estate Planning, Succession, Trust Funding, Weblogs, Will
Tags: Estate Administration

What Does Your Will Say about You?

July 3rd, 2015
We often think the process of estate planning is mostly about finances. However, how we distribute our estates also says a lot about who we are as people and what we value. Every will ever accepted into probate in England and Wales since 1858 is stor… Read More
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Categories: Books, Estate Planning, Will
Tags: Estate Plans, Wills