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January 5th, 2016
Financial abuse of the elderly is a serious problem. While most estate planning and elder law attorneys can be trusted not to abuse clients unfortunately not all can be trusted. William Edy was a respected elder law attorney in Florida. He was known…
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Attorney Charged With Theft in Louisiana Estate Case
December 10th, 2015
A feud that began with a bitter child custody battle might have led to one of the attorneys in the case being charged with falsifying a will and theft. Louisiana attorney Michael Cox represented Michael Davisson in a custody battle against Davisson…
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Gifford Family Will Not Pursue Claims against NFL
December 9th, 2015
The NFL has been under heavy fire in recent years about the long term damage that repeated blows to the head can do to football players. Hall of Famer Frank Gifford is the latest former player to have been confirmed to have suffered these consequence…
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Categories: Aging Issues, Current Affairs, Estate Planning, Games, Long Term Care, Power of Attorney, Sports, Succession, Trust Funding, Weblogs
Anti-Aging Drug to be Tested
December 8th, 2015
People are already living much longer than in the past causing stress on many retirement and estate plans. Imagine what would happen if people lived 50% longer lives on average than they do now. It could be a reality soon. Biologically it is not a ne…
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Categories: Aging Issues, Current Affairs, Estate Planning, Long Term Care, Power of Attorney, Succession, Trust Funding, Weblogs
Who Will Inherit From Morgan Freeman's Granddaughter?
December 4th, 2015
Morgan Freeman's granddaughter was tragically murdered. The actor has gotten involved in a probate case to determine who her heirs will be. In August, E'Dena Hines was stabbed to death by her boyfriend who seemed to believe that she was pos…
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Categories: Blended Families, Current Affairs, Estate Planning, Film, Power of Attorney, Probate, Succession, Television, Trust Funding, Weblogs, Will
An Odd and Bitter UK Estate Battle
November 27th, 2015
An estate battle in the United Kingdom pits four large charities against the son of a 95-year-old Alzheimer’s patient whom the charities accuse of fraudulently creating a new will for another woman. In an interesting estate battle in the United Kin…
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Another Reason to Avoid Probate
November 25th, 2015
Judges are supposed to be impartial and not allow any personal issues to get in the way with the fair administration of justice. One probate judge in Maine illustrates that is not always what actually happens. York County Probate Judge Robert M.A. Na…
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Categories: Aging Issues, Current Affairs, Elder Abuse, Elder Law, Estate Planning, Power of Attorney, Probate, Succession, Weblogs, Will
Single Estate Planning
November 24th, 2015
People who have never been married often face more difficult estate planning decisions than people with families. For married people, the basics of who gets what after they pass away is usually fairly obvious. Most married people want the bulk of the…
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Preventing Long Term Care Policy Lapses
November 19th, 2015
Long term care in a nursing home is extremely expensive. One way to mitigate that expense is to purchase a long term care insurance policy. Unfortunately, many of the people most in need of long term care insurance let their policies lapse before the…
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One More Scary Halloween Story!
November 13th, 2015
A Halloween riddle for you: What's scarier than ghosts and goblins to Americans 50 and older? Answer: Their finances. That's the upshot of the latest Country Financial Security Index, and two other surveys I've seen lately back it up.…
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Categories: Aging Issues, Current Affairs, Elder Law, Estate Planning, Power of Attorney, Succession, Taxes, Trust Funding, Weblogs, Will
