Navigating Inheritance in Blended Families
Anyone who’s seen an episode of “Modern Family” knows that families these days come in many different shapes and sizes. Long gone are the...
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Strengthen Your Blended Family with Thoughtful Estate Planning
Blended families were once considered “non-traditional” families, but today, blended families are becoming just as common as non-blended...
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5 Estate Planning Concerns for Those Married Multiple Times
With divorce occurring in roughly 50% of all marriages in the U.S. and life expectancy increasing every day, second — and even third —...
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Estate Planning Can Bring Blended Families Closer
Yours, mine, and ours … in today’s modern family, it’s oh so common. The blended family is the product of 2nd (or more) marriages, in...
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Avoid Accidentally Disinheriting Your Loved Ones When Remarrying in Midlife
Today, we’re seeing more and more people getting divorced in middle age and beyond. Indeed, the trend of couples getting divorced after...
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Common Sources of Estate Plan Fights--Part 2
No matter how well you think you know your family, you can never predict how they’ll behave when you die or if you become incapacitated....
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Blended Family? Learn from Tom Petty's Mistakes: A Bitter Battle over His Estate
This week Tom Petty’s daughters escalated the battle over their late father’s estate by filing a lawsuit against Petty’s second wife that...
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5 Estate Planning Tips for the Soon-To-Be Divorced—Part 2
In the first part of this series, we discussed a couple of the most critical updates you must make to your estate plan if you’re getting...
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5 Estate Planning Tips for the Soon-To-Be Divorced—Part 1
Divorce can be traumatic for the whole family. Even if the process is amicable, it involves many tough decisions, legal hassles, and...
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Estate Planning Issues for Those with a Second (or More) Marriage
These days, second and even third marriages are fairly commonplace. And the estate planning issues that arise from multiple marriages can...
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How Estate Planning Can Foster a Strong Blended Family
Yours, mine and ours … in today’s modern family, it’s oh so common. The blended family is the product of 2nd (or more) marriages, in...
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Blended Family Estate Planning
The term “blended family” has become commonplace in our society and refers to a family where one or both spouses were previously married...
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4 Goals of an Effective Estate Plan for Blended Families
Balancing the needs of a multi-generational blended family with your own wishes can be a complicated task, especially when it comes to...
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6 MAJOR MISTAKES HAWAII FAMILIES MAKE WHEN CHOOSING AN ESTATE PLANNING ATTORNEY
No time for mistakes. Save your family a lot of money, stress, and wasted time.
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