Why the Secure Act May Make Your Retirement Less Secure
August 8, 2019
The Secure Act would upend 20 years of retirement planning and stick it to the middle class.
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Starting Conversations about Finances and Wills with Your Parents
August 7, 2019
Parents are often more than happy to offer financial advice to their children. They like to feel needed and want to make sure their children are on solid financial ground. However, it’s important to turn the tables and ask about their financial plans, too.
Don’t Be an Easy Target for Scammers
August 6, 2019
You cannot change who you are, but if you fall within one of these categories, you might want to be aware you have a target painted on your back for scammers.
What Do I Need to Know About Hospice Care?
August 5, 2019
Hospice care, which strives to relieve the symptoms and suffering caused by a terminal illness, becomes an option when a patient has been given six months or less to live. It means that choosing a hospice provider for yourself or a loved one is often a choice made under duress.
Some Do’s When Inheriting
July 31, 2019
Are you inheriting money from a relative? Or receiving funds from a lawsuit? Or planning to be a lucky lottery winner?
Should Mom Deed Me the House?
July 30, 2019
There are many questions that come with inheriting a piece of real estate. Do you want to live in it? Do you want to sell it? Do you have to split the property with another heir?
Will Contests- What are Caveat Proceeding
July 26, 2019
If a person makes a Will when he does not have the mental capacity to make a Will or when he is so dominated by another that he can’t make the Will that he wants to make, a Will contest often results.
Are Co-Executors or Co-Trustees a Good Idea?
July 23, 2019
Acting as an executor can be a tremendous amount of responsibility and a time-consuming duty.
Good Stewardship Requires Estate Planning
July 22, 2019
Planning is a part of our daily lives. We plan menus for the day or week; we plan vacations; we plan meetings; and the list goes on.
How Should I Choose a Trustee?
July 18, 2019
Do not put off finalizing and signing your estate planning documents just because you have reached an impasse on who to name as trustee.
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