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Many of the topics I have covered on my blog have to do with what happens if someone dies without a plan, or how not having a plan can be problematic. I spend a lot of time encouraging people to set up a plan, so that they can have their affairs in order. Similar to […]
What You Need To Know About Your Estate Plan After You Die
Many of the topics I have covered on my blog have to do with what happens if someone dies without a plan, or how not having a plan can be problematic. I spend a lot of time encouraging people to set up a plan, so that they can have their affairs in order. This blog […]
Why Reading A Blog Post Is Not A Substitute For Working With an Estate Planning Attorney
In my blog posts, I describe some aspect of estate planning and give certain information related to that topic. However, I do not give out all of the information on a topic. Instead, I give information on an estate planning topic, which is helpful to answer general questions, or to help describe the basics. I […]
Second Marriages and Blended Families: How to Protect What Needs Protecting
In the early 1990’s I used to watch TV on Friday nights, when ABC had it’s TGIF lineup. One of the shows that aired was called “Step by Step” and the show was about a blended family – a family where the spouses have remarried and kids are not all from just the married couple. […]
Fair Estate Planning For Second Marriage: What Couples You Need To Know
If you are about to get remarried, you obviously want to celebrate, but you need to consider the advice my sister gave me when I go married. She told me, “It is great to get married, but then life just kind of goes on, but you are married. You are married, and that is GREAT, […]
An Estate Planning Carol: How Your Estate Plan is the Perfect Final Gift For Your Children
In Charles Dickens’ classic Christmas tale “A Christmas Carol” the miserly Ebeneezer Scrooge is taught the true meaning of Christmas. The lesson is taught by three ghosts, the ghost of Christmas Past, ghost of Christmas Present, and ghost of Christmas Yet to Come. In the end, Ebeneezer Scrooge learns his lesson and becomes a generous, […]
Creating Certainty in a Time of Uncertainty
A couple of weeks ago I was participating in a seminar with a financial planner friend. Our presentation discussed how to best approach financial concerns in retirement, and how to make money last through retirement. My part was to talk a bit about the legal planning necessary for retirement, including the basics of estate planning, […]
What You Need to Do Before Meeting With Your Estate Planning Attorney
It is no secret that I offer a free initial consultation to everyone who is looking to set up an estate plan. The offer is on my website, and I tell everyone who calls me that I offer a free initial consultation. What may not be so clear is what happens during that initial consultation. […]
Don’t Make Your Kids Handle the Scary Decisions, Make Your Own Plan
I met with a mother and her daughter not long ago. We were discussing updating the mother’s estate plan, which was long overdue since her husband had passed away over a decade ago. As we discussed potential updates to the estate plan, the mother started to ask me what I thought of the Neptune Society. […]
Do You Like Scary Movies? Is Your Estate Plan Scary, Too?
October means Halloween will be here soon. I always loved going trick-or-treating as a kid, probably because of the candy…I still like candy as an adult, but for some reason people are not keen on giving candy to me now if I go out trick-or-treating on Halloween, as an adult. I suppose I am not […]
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