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Why You Must Check Your Estate Plan Every Year Revisit for Your Welfare! (It's April 1st, AKA "April Fools Day" but Please read this post, NO KIDDING!) Certain things happen every year: holidays, birthdays, anniversaries…and...
HOW DO I PROTECT MY CHILDREN'S INHERITANCES? The best way to protect your children's inheritances is by setting up a Revocable Living Trust and having your children receive their inheritance within a sub-trust of your Revocable Trust....
Shortly after registering for school in another state, my niece became very ill and required hospitalization. A friend called my niece’s home and advised my sister-in-law of the name of the hospital where my niece had been admitted. When my...
Recently, my husband was hospitalized and then transferred to a nursing home for additional care. When I arrived at this new facility and asked if I could receive his current medication list so she asked me if I was his healthcare proxy. I indicated...
When mental incapacity arises, attention is often directed to the asset management problems, but equal and sometimes greater problems related to health care decisions are also presented. Perhaps too much attention had been placed on the ultimate...
When Is a Will 'Ancient?' There may be a time when you come across an old will of someone who recently died. Perhaps it is discovered in an old file cabinet. However, the witnesses to the...
For those of us who practice trust law, there practically is nothing more important than making sure the trusts we draft meet all the legal requirements of a trust. If we omit or improperly draft certain provisions, the client's wishes could go...
(7/24/2020) Jill Schlesinger, CBS News Business Aanalyst, during an interview on CBS THIS MORNING WITH Gayle King, PLANNING IN A PANDEMIC said: "A Will is your instruction manual when you pass away". The Will lets...
Living Will Basics Anyone 18 or older and of sound mind can make a living will. It must generally be witnessed by two adults who aren't responsible for your medical care or related to you by blood, marriage or adoption. A living will only...
