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September 6, 2019

Estate Planning Considerations for Benefits Open Enrollment

The fall, generally late-October or early-November, is the time when employers send out summaries of employee benefits offered by the company and…

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August 23, 2019

Home DNA Tests – A Bump in Your Estate Plan

Discovering your ancestry can be both fun and fascinating. At-home DNA tests have grown in popularity in recent years. Often given as…

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July 19, 2019

Can I Make a Video Will?

In the golden age of the smartphone, you’re never far from a camera. This has made the sharing of videos and photos…

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June 28, 2019

Estate Planning for Rental Property Owners

In all parts of the country, services such as Airbnb have grown in popularity over the past few years. Indeed, these alternatives…

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May 24, 2019

Trusts Solve Client Needs and Add Value to Wealth Plans

Some think that trusts are used only for end-of-life planning. Trusts, however, are like wrenches: they come in a wide variety of…

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May 17, 2019

Should You Disinherit a Child?

Most parents choose to leave their estates equally to their children. But sometimes, parents intentionally choose to not leave anything to a…

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May 3, 2019

The Difference between Lifetime and Deathtime Planning… and Why a Comprehensive Plan Must Include Both

According to a  survey by Caring.com, six out of ten Americans have no will or any other kind of estate planning. Many…

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April 26, 2019

When is “living probate” necessary?

If you become incapacitated, who is going to take care of you?  You will not be able to make medical decisions for…

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April 19, 2019

Is a delayed inheritance really an enhanced inheritance?

Whether you have accumulated a little or a lot of wealth over your lifetime, it is likely that you have some particular…

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April 5, 2019

Your New Year Resolution was Getting your estate in Order-Did You? Don’t Put Off Till Tomorrow What You Can Do Today: Why It’s Time to Talk with Your Family and Your Estate Planning Attorney

There’s no perfect time to broach the subject of estate planning with your family. We all know that everyone passes away eventually,…

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