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Keeping Financial Stability After the Loss of Your Spouse
Losing a spouse is one of the most difficult experiences life has to offer. Even continuing to take one day at a time seems almost impossible when you’ve lost your partner, your mate, the love of your life. Many people who have lost a spouse describe feeling as though...
Family Gatherings Provide Opportunity for Important Conversations
The anticipated upcoming changes to estate tax laws have many people thinking that now is not the ideal time to create an estate plan; however, now is the best time to talk about estate planning with your family and loved ones. The winter holidays are coming up soon,...
At What Age Should You Start Planning Your Estate?
Some people start planning their estate as soon as they have children, others don’t feel the need to start planning until they reach an age where they feel mortality creeping up on them; but according to the Wall Street Journal article “Preparing for the Worst”, it’s...
Joint Tenancy Does Not Replace a Will
Many people think that owning property in joint tenancy means they don’t have to create a will or estate plan. Why bother with a will when all the property is going to your joint tenancy partner anyway? In fact (some people may ask) why not do away with the need for a...
Geriatric Care Managers Provide Help for Families and Caregivers
Caring for elderly relatives is always a team effort. Sometimes the team consists of the entire family, sometimes the team is a man and wife, and sometimes the team consists solely of the elderly person and their primary caregiver; but no matter how you look at it,...
Finding the Right Guide to Help You Navigate Rough Financial Waters
Whether you’re just starting out on your own at the age of 18, or a 65 year old thinking about retirement, or anything in between, financial planning is essential. When most people think about financial planning they think about saving and investing, but a financial...
Top 10 Mistakes to Avoid When Planning Your Estate
There are a number of mistakes that an estate planning and probate attorney will see over and over again over the course of their career. Many of these mistakes seem small, but can have a huge negative impact on your family after your death. More often than not these...
What To Do When Your Kids Don’t Like Your Will
In an ideal world elderly parents and their adult children always get along, and when those parents pass away their children quietly and respectfully follow their wishes regarding the distribution of their estate. Unfortunately, we don’t always live in an ideal world,...
The Shortest Will: It May Hold the Record, But It Won’t Hold Water
Have you ever wondered just how little you could get away with in your last will and testament? Aletta Stager of Brooklyn, NY holds the distinction of having executed one of the shortest wills on record—a mere 2 lines long! “Nov. 29, 1895. I give to my cousin, Nettie...
Women: Take Charge of Your Finances… And Your Future!
A woman today often has to wear many hats: daughter, wife, mother, employee, boss, caregiver, family CFO, etc. Women are unique contributors both within their families and in society at large, often taking care not only of young children but of elderly parents as...
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