4 Tips for Helping Parents with Their Long Term Care Needs
Jan 10, 2012
As your parents continue to age, they may have an increasing need for long term care support.This is because they may be unable to complete certain tasks on their own, and may need extra assistance.If ...
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Business Planning as Part of Your Estate Plan
Jan 03, 2012
When you are putting together your estate plan, you may also want to consider taking some additional steps for asset protection if you own a business. Business owners must take into consideration that ...
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Minimizing the Risk of Probate: The Advantages of a Living Trust
Jan 03, 2012
In the estate planning process, one of the chief concerns of many families is taking as many precautionary steps as possible to eliminate the possibility that an estate will have to enter probate to be...
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Pets are People, Too? Not When it Comes to Estate Planning
Dec 27, 2011
If you have pets, you know that they become part of your family. Sometimes, it even seems that theyre just like a human member of your family; at least, a lot of us treat them that way.But, estate plan...
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Health Care Directives are Needed in an Elder Law Plan
Dec 27, 2011
Many elderly individuals neglect their estate planning needs, including the use of health care directives.They often assume that their loved ones will be able to assist with future medical needs, witho...
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What Happens if Your Living Trust is Not Funded?
Dec 20, 2011
If youve established a revocable living trust, its likely that your estate planning attorney has let you know that its important to keep your trust properly funded. This means that, beyond simply creat...
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Own a Small Business? You Need an Estate Plan
Dec 20, 2011
You may not realize it, but if you own a small business, having an estate plan may be crucial to the survival of your company. Having a well-thought out plan helps to ensure that, if you pass away or b...
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Is Your Health Care Agent Prepared to Act?
Dec 13, 2011
When you appoint an agent under a Medical Power of Attorney, youre giving that person authority to make wide-ranging and far-reaching medical decisions for you.
Your Agent May Need to Make Difficult De...
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What Does an Executor Do?
Dec 13, 2011
Simply stated, your executor takes the assets of your estate, subtracts the liabilities and distributes the balance to your heirs, usually within a year or two.More specifically, however, the executors...
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The Pitfalls of Joint Tenancy
Dec 06, 2011
When you own an asset with one or more co-owners, and you hold title as Joint Tenants With Rights of Survivorship, the property passes immediately to the remaining owners upon the death of the first ow...
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