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Common Sources of Estate Plan Fights—Part 1
No matter how well you think you know your loved ones, it’s impossible to predict exactly how they’ll behave when you die or if you...
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The Real Cost to Your Family of Not Planning for Incapacity
When it comes to estate planning, most people automatically think about taking legal steps to ensure the right people inherit their stuff...
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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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4 Critical Estate Planning Tasks to Do before Your Vacation
Going on vacation entails lots of planning: packing luggage, buying plane tickets, making hotel reservations, and confirming rental...
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You Might Owe Taxes This Year
Like many taxpayers, if you’ve already filed your federal income taxes for 2018, you may be surprised to discover you’re not getting a...
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7 Situations When You Should Review Your Estate Plan
Even if you put a totally solid estate plan in place, it can end up proving worthless if it’s not properly updated. Estate planning is...
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Start Thinking About Death Now to Live a Happier Life
Want to know a proven way to live a more fulfilling life? All you have to do is fully accept the fact that one day you’re going to die....
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Keep Your Cryptocurrency Safe with Estate Planning
One of the biggest appeals of cryptocurrency, like Bitcoin, is that it is decentralized, unregulated, and anonymous. There are no...
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Selecting the Right Life Insurance Policy
While purchasing life insurance may seem pretty straightforward, it’s actually quite complex, especially with so many different types...
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Learning Estate Planning Best Practices from Famous Celebrity Deaths
Discussing death can be awkward, and many people would prefer just to ignore estate planning altogether. However, ignoring—or even...
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Same-Gender Parents Face Legal Challenges Over Parental Rights—But Estate Planning Can Help
In 2015, when the Supreme Court ruled that same-gender couples had the right to marry, the LGBTQ community celebrated a huge victory....
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How to Avoid These 5 Common Estate Planning Mistakes
Since estate planning involves thinking about death, many people put it off until their senior years or simply ignore it all together...
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Elder Financial Abuse: 4 Warning Signs to Look For
Some of the most disturbing crimes against the elderly involve financial exploitation. While physical abuse is often easy to spot,...
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Platonic Parenting
Divorce can be one of the most unpleasant—and often traumatic—experiences of your life, especially if you have children. It can be even...
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An Education Trust Fund is an Option to Pay for a Loved One's Education
Today’s parents are all too familiar with the budget-busting cost of funding a child’s college education. It can be challenging enough to...
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Ready to Write Your Will? Consider This Before You Go It Alone
A last will and testament is the most commonly thought of document when it comes to an estate plan. But, really, it’s a very small part...
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How to Handle a Surplus of Stuff When a Loved One Ages
As the baby boomer generation ages—and downsizes—more and more adult children will be tasked with going through their loved one’s...
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Ensuring Your Pets' Care in Case of Death or Incapacity
If you have pets, you probably want to make sure they are well-taken care of, if anything happens to you. Unfortunately, wishing for...
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An Illustration of the Pitfalls of DIY Wills
Do-it-yourself wills are becoming more prevalent as legal services can now be accessed easily online. For better or for worse, more and...
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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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