Don’t Delay Updating Your Estate Plan
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Changes in tax law and in your personal life may mean that yours needs to be updated. Here are the easiest (and smartest) ways to do it.
Estate Planning Disaster: Divorce, Death and Missed Details
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After the divorce, Mike logged onto the employer’s benefits system and tried, but failed, to delete Wendy as the beneficiary of his life insurance.
Elder Law Essentials in Texas
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Elder law is an aspect of estate planning focusing primarily on the needs of families and individuals as they age.
These Celebrities Didn’t have Wills…But You Should
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When the rapper Coolio died in September, he joined a group of notables that includes Prince, Howard Hughes and Pablo Picasso—all of whom died without specifying who should inherit their money and estate.
How to Protect an Estate from a Rotten Son-in-Law
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Whatever the reason, whether your life is a bed of roses or a getting-worse-nightmare, there are things you can do now to insure what you leave will go to who you want. And when. And in what portion or portions.
Can a Vacation Home Be Kept in the Family for Generations?
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These vacation homes may also comprise a significant portion of the family’s wealth. Therefore, it’s understandable that homeowners want to pass their properties and family traditions to future generations.
Who Were the 119 Heirs to a Chicago Man’s $11 Million Estate?
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It turns out it’s not just in the movies that you can get a huge inheritance from that uncle you never knew about.
What about House Contents when Someone Dies?
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It is quite a tragedy when a loved one passes away. You may want to remember them by keeping sentimental objects from their home, or perhaps they wanted you to inherit a specific item.
Create a Legacy With Your IRAs
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Maximize the impact of your legacy and make sure it supports the people and causes that are most important to you.
Living Trust vs. Last Will – Which is Right for You?
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In this article, we will address two terms which some people use interchangeably, but which are very different things: living trusts and estate plans.