Estate planning serves numerous goals, including determining how to distribute one’s assets after death, protecting wealth from creditors, preparing for potential incapacity, and providing for vulnerable loved ones. However, many people may also consider tax efficiencies during estate planning. An estate plan may focus on minimizing tax liabilities that could cut into...
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Estate plans should change over time to reflect your latest circumstances. As such, you may want to change parts of your plan as your family or financial circumstances change, such as getting married, having children, or acquiring new assets. An estate planning lawyer can guide you through the process of changing or...
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People indulge in spring cleaning to give their homes, offices, vehicles, and other frequently used spaces a good going-over and freshening. Spring is a great time to review and freshen your estate plan as well as your environment.
How would that work? Spring cleaning for your estate plan...
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Settling an estate involves either probating a will or administering an intestate estate (meaning, one in which there was no will) and distributing estate property to the deceased person’s (decedent’s) heirs. Either way, there are certain steps that must be taken within certain periods of time. Whether you are an estate executor...
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During World War II, the government kept all kinds of secrets. But the biggest of all was the development of nuclear weapons. We couldn’t risk the Nazis getting their hands on such a weapon, but we were equally afraid of what could happen if the Russians developed this technology before we did.Â
Legend has it there are 999 assorted ghosts, spirits and haunts living in Disney’s Haunted Mansion. A story and number so enticing that Disney routinely has to shut down the popular ride in order to clean up the scattered ashes of people hoping to spend eternity at the...
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Harry Houdini, the famous magician and escape artist, was deeply interested in spiritualism. He wanted to believe that the dead could communicate with the living, and he tried many times throughout his life to make contact with his deceased mother.
But after encountering many fraudulent mediums and others claiming...
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Are you one of the millions of Americans living a double life? No, we’re not talking about spies or people who have a secret second family. We’re talking about people who have an online presence that mirrors their real-world actions.Â
If you bank or invest online, manage your health...
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If you have a loved one with special needs you likely spend a lot of time just trying to get through the next day. The next doctor’s appointment. The next year. Thinking much further ahead is overwhelming.
But assessing your loved one’s long-term needs is something you must...
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If there is anything that can make you long for the days when social media influencers were hawking weight loss tea and galaxy lamps it should be the rise of self-proclaimed financial gurus who are ready to help make you a zillionaire.Â
It’s sketchy as...
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