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Legal News:Trust Beneficiaries Sue (Breach of Fiduciary Duty)

In the Lawyers Weekly (11/25/19) under Verdicts & Settlements: Mimi Greenberg died in 1974 and was survived by her spouse, defendant Nathan Greenberg and their two adult children, plaintiffs Ruthanne Miller and Henry Greenberg. Mimi had executed...

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Legal News: 8 Life Events that require a change in your estate plans

Estate plans need to be updated periodically, especially by older adults. Frequently revising your estate plans is important as you age because your circumstances change ore frequently than at previous points in your life. While you and your estate...

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Legal News: Essential Document Locator Checklist for Adult Children

Adult children of aging parents are often caught without the essential documentation parents need in an emergency situation. Knowing where the official records are located as well as having copies of these important financial legal and health...

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Legal News: Parent and Child (Termination - Visitation)

Where a Juvenile Court judge terminated a mother's parental rights, the judge's visitation order must be vacated and a remand must be ordered, as the judge did not provide a rationale or specific findings to justify four supervised...

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Legal News: Domestic relations (Alimony - Cohabitation)

Where a Probate & Family Court judge is calculating the alimony awarded to a divorced woman, took into account a pre-marriage 6-year period from 2005 to 2011 during which the parties lived together, the fact that the wife received alimony during...

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Legal News: 5 Myths about senior nutrition

Everyone knows you need to think about what it takes to stay healthy. You need to exercise, and if you develop good eating habits too, you should be fine in your later years, right? Not so fast.... Here are 5 common beliefs about senior nutrition...

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Legal News: Help is Almost here for Retirement Savers

With overwhelming bipartisan support and little public attention, the House of Representatives recently passed the most significant reforms to individual retirement accounts in more than a decade. But while support in the Senate is also strong and...

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Legal News: 7 Alternatives to living alone as a Senior

Independent living as we get older may not be the best solution. With all the choices out there, understanding each option may help make the decision easier. Here are 7 options to consider: 1) Living with family: Living with family or other...

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Office News: Hearing loss and driving: The 5 steps to be safer on the road

Continuing on the theme of preparing for a better future: Hearing Loss and Driving The older we get, the more the loss of hearing affects our daily lives, sometimes happening so slowly the loss isn't perceived. Sometimes, this...

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Legal News: Practicing Self-Defense in our later years...

As we get older, we don't like to think that our safety could be at risk. Unfortunately, self-defense for a younger person is much different than self-defense for a senior. Every year seniors are the victim of non-violent crimes including purse...

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