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- Estate Planning Awareness Week is Here!
- Preparing for Coronavirus: The #1 Legal Document Every Adult Needs to Have
- The Importance of a Will
- Establish a Trust to Pass Wealth and Family Values on to Your Children
- Estate Planning for Blended Families
- Planning for When Your Special Needs Child Turn 18
- The Potential Outcomes of Disinheriting a Child
- How Artificial Intelligence Is Changing Caregiving for Seniors
- How Do I Know if I Need Probate?
- The Importance of Keeping Your Powers of Attorney Up-to-Date
- An Elder Law Attorney Will Help Guide You Through the Estate Planning Process
- How Do I Know if I Need Probate?
- Prenuptial Agreements Are Appropriate at Any Age
- Add a Personal Property Memorandum to Your Will or Trust
- Who Should Inherit the Farm?
- Avoid These Mistakes When Planning for a Disabled Family Member
- You Have a Will, but Is That Enough?
- Managing Your Estate as an Entrepreneur
- The Various Ways to Hold Title to Property
- The Five Common Mistakes Made in Estate Planning
- Don’t Let Your Family Feud End up in Court
- Larry King’s Sad Legacy
- Being There for a Loved One Who Is in a Nursing Home
- Think Twice About Do-It-Yourself Estate Plans
- The Silver Lining in a Pandemic
- The Aging Process and Sleep Problems
- This Month is Brain Injury Awareness Month
- An Overview of Pet Trusts
- Here Are Six Steps You Should Take Before Moving Your Parents Into Assisted Living
- Overmedicating Those With Alzheimer’s Disease Can Lead To Serious Side Effects
- Improve Your Home to Age in Place
- A Creditor’s Ability to Disrupt Probate
- Options for Long-Term Care in 2022
- The Process of Claiming Guardianship of an Elderly Parent
- Managing the Financial Needs of Children With Special Needs
- Geriatric Care Managers Are in Greater Demand
- There Are Times When Giving Is Better Than Receiving
- Probate Litigation: How to Avoid It
- Taking Special Needs Into Account When Planning Your Estate
- Financial Abuse and Fraud Among the Elderly
- Having an Estate Planning Discussion with Your Spouse or Partner
- Waivers for Nursing Facility Care in the Home Under Medicaid
- Digital Estate Planning: How to Avoid 4 Obstacles
- Understanding the 2022 COVID-19 National Preparedness Plan
- The Guide to Contesting a Will
- How Community Property Affects Estate and Tax Planning
- Summary of a Trustee’s Role
- Revocable Trusts: An Overview
- Prepare, Don’t Wait for an Emergency
- Elder Law Attorney: What Do They Do?
- Aduhelm Medications Are Effective at Treating Alzheimer’s Disease
- Providing Long-Term Care: A Dilemma of Affordability
- 8 Tips for Having ‘The Talk’ with Elderly Parents
- Estate Planning After Divorce
- Who Are Parties to an Estate?
- California Removing Asset Test for Medi-Cal Eligibility
- Don’t Forget to Fund Your Revocable Trust
- What Will Happen When the Gift and Estate Tax Exemption Gets Cut in Half?
- Planning for Your Digital Legacy
- 3 Tips When Including Caregivers in Your Estate Plan
- How Long Does an Executor’s Job Take?
- How Cryptocurrency and NFTs Fit Into Your Estate Plan
- After a Dementia Diagnosis: Preparing for the Future
- 5 Rights That Trust Beneficiaries Have
- How to Deal with an Estranged Child in Your Estate Plan
- 5 Smart Estate Planning Strategies for High Net Worth Families
- Make Reviewing Your Estate Plan One of Your New Year’s Resolutions
- Leaving an IRA to a Special Needs Trust Is No Longer Such a Bad Idea
- 5 Estate Planning Tips for the Non-Traditional Family (Which Odds Are Includes Yours)
- How an Irrevocable Life Insurance Trust Can Be Used to Avoid or Reduce the Estate Tax
- Does Medicare Pay for Assisted Living?
- When Should You Start Helping With Your Parents’ Finances?
- How To Avoid Problems as a Trustee
- Step-Up in Basis and Why It Matters in Estate Planning
- Probate v. Non-Probate: What is the Difference?
- Tailoring a Will & Power of Attorney for Multiple States
- What Happens to Assets Left in a Special Needs Trust (SNT) on the Death of the Beneficiary?
- Start 2023 Prepared: Reassess What Matters Most
- How to Give Gifts to Your Grandchildren
- Does Power of Attorney End at Death?
- How to Choose the Best Home Care Provider for Your Parents
- This Tax Season, Seniors Can Get Free Assistance
- Are Wills Public Record? : Estate Planning Q&A
- Can I Have Both Employer Insurance and Medicare?
- Appointing an Executor? Here’s What an Executor Cannot Do
- Don’t Wait Until You’re Sick to Create an Estate Plan
- 2023 AARP Report Recommends Supports for Family Caregivers
- Is Aging in Place Right for Me?
- Using a Roth IRA as an Estate Planning Tool
- Why Hire an Elder Law Attorney?
- The Basics of Estate Administration
- 6 Facets of Estate Planning that LGBTQ+ Couples Should Know
- What is a Life Estate?: Estate Planning Basics
- When Should I Include a Pour Over Will in My Estate Plan?
- 3 Common Probate Questions: Estate Planning Basics
- Medicare Extra Help Program Set to Expand in 2024
- Watch Out for These Potential Problems with Life Estates
- Inherited Retirement Accounts: Minimizing Tax Consequences
- 3 Tips for Prepping for Medicare Annual Enrollment 2023
- Ashes to Ashes, or Ashes to Soil? Is Human Composting Real?
- The Benefits of Continuing Care Retirement Communities
- Using 529 Plans for a Grandchild’s Higher Education
- Do You Need a Trust?: Estate Planning Q&A
- Do You Need a HIPAA Release?
- 2024 Annual Gift and Estate Tax Exemption Adjustments
- 14 Essential Questions to Ask Aging Parents This Holiday
- What Does Incapacitated Mean in Elder Law & Estate Planning?
- Estate Planning for Surviving Spouses
- 10 Ways to Maximize Your Social Security Retirement Benefits
- AI and Obituaries: Did AI Write This Death Announcement?
- Building an Estate Plan for Adult Children with Disabilities
- Avoiding Property Tax Foreclosures for Older Adults
- Are You a Family Caregiver? New Bill Seeks to Lower Costs
- Lifetime Money Management for Children With Disabilities
- Estate Planning – Should I Divide My Assets Equally?
- Probate Process – A General Timeline
- 7 Common Inheritance Mistakes to Avoid
- The Costs of the Rising Cost of Long-Term Care
- High School Graduation – A Good Time for Financial Planning
- Could Medicaid Payback Rules Come to an End?
- How Life Insurance Is Involved in Estate Planning
- 3 Tips for Every New Homeowner
- How to Make Your Inheritance Last
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- Pet Trusts
- Crisis/Emergency Estate Planning
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- Estate Planning During Divorce
- Trust and Probate Litigation
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- Private Retirement Plans
- Asset Protection
- Family Bank Trusts – (aka SLATs)
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