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Tax Consequences of Inheriting an Annuity
January 6th, 2016
If you inherit a non-qualified annuity, then before you decide what to do it is important to understand the different options and tax implications. Annuities have become an extremely popular tool in people's retirement plans. Like any other asse…
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Categories: Aging Issues, Current Affairs, Estate Planning, Succession, Taxes, 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
Air It Out Before It Goes to Court
December 15th, 2015
Family fighting over estate plans and court challenges are sometimes unavoidable. When people feel slighted or have grievances, they often feel compelled to fight to the end. However, it might help to avoid court challenges to your estate plan if you…
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Categories: Aging Issues, Current Affairs, Estate Planning, Family Business, Succession, Trust Funding, Weblogs
Helping Teenagers Who Inherit Wealth
December 11th, 2015
If you give a teenager a large sum of money and tell him or her that it can be spent however the teen wants, you can guarantee that a large portion of it will be wasted if not all of it. It is no different for teenagers who receive extremely large in…
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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
