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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
Appointing an Out of State Executor
February 22nd, 2016
If the best candidate to appoint as the executor of your estate lives in a different state than you, it is possible to designate him or her. However, there are some drawbacks to doing so that need to be considered. The executor of your estate should…
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Categories: Aging Issues, Current Affairs, Elder Law, Estate Planning, Power of Attorney, Probate, Succession, Trust Funding, Weblogs, Will
With Loopholes Closed What to Do About Social Security Now
January 22nd, 2016
In a surprise move Congress closed popular Social Security loopholes for married couples, but that does not mean that all Social Security strategies are gone. The United States Congress takes a lot of heat for not doing very much. However, sometimes…
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Categories: Aging Issues, Current Affairs, Elder Law, Estate Planning, Long Term Care, Medicaid, Succession, Trust Funding, Weblogs, Will
Choose an Estate Planning Attorney Carefully
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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Long-Term Care Insurance Might Not Be Worth the Headache
January 4th, 2016
Purchasing a long-term care insurance policy can be extremely confusing, time-consuming and a complete waste of aspirin. Anyone who has ever looked into it knows that the costs of staying in a nursing home are extreme. With people generally living lo…
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Planning for Your Passion
December 30th, 2015
Estate planning for complicated financial instruments and business interests is often tricky at best. However, planning for the things people are often passionate about can be the most complicated part of estate planning. When some people think about…
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Death, There's an App for That Too
December 17th, 2015
When iPhones first came on the market Apple marketed them with the line "There's an app for that." The idea was that there was an app for anything you could possibly want to do. However, there was not, at the time, an app to plan for y…
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Categories: Aging Issues, Current Affairs, Estate Planning, Succession, Trust Funding, Weblogs, Will
Giving a Home to Stray Cats
December 16th, 2015
People frequently use their estate plans as a way of continuing to support things they love after they pass away. One woman in Italy recently did so by bequeathing her home to stray cats. The late Fiorella Scannabissi of Bologna, Italy loved cats. Du…
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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
Leaving an Intellectual Inheritance
November 18th, 2015
Most people who amass wealth do not do it so that their heirs can squander it. However, that is what happens in most cases. One way to help prevent this from happening to your wealth is to leave your family with an intellectual inheritance. In "…
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