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Choose Carefully When Choosing Your Successor Trustee

Choose Carefully When Choosing Your Successor Trustee

It’s smart to work with an estate planning attorney to set up a will or a trust. But it’s not so wise to put these

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A 529 Savings Plan for the Disabled?

A 529 Savings Plan for the Disabled?

This isn’t exactly a 529 plan. However, it’s sort of like one. It’s a new kind of account that’s similar in some ways and is

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Tough Laws Proposed to Combat Elder Financial Fraud

Tough Laws Proposed to Combat Elder Financial Fraud

Older Americans forfeit approximately $37 billion annually to financial fraud. However, new legislation under consideration in Congress would impose more stringent penalties for these crimes

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Florida Congresswoman Proposes Registry for Elder Abusers

Florida Congresswoman Proposes Registry for Elder Abusers

U.S. Representative Gwen Graham from Tallahassee, Florida, recently announced that she plans to introduce new legislation that would allow states to create a searchable registry

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Communication Key in Caring for Parents

Communication Key in Caring for Parents

Good news for older parents: your children will help support and care for you as you age. That’s according to a new study from Fidelity

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The Ins and Outs of Community Property

The Ins and Outs of Community Property

Many married couples living in the U.S. own assets that are deemed legally separate. This may include a business or real property purchased in one

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How Do I Contest a Will?

How Do I Contest a Will?

Without some communication about what’s in a person’s will, there can be big surprises when this individual passes away—especially if children or grandchildren are cut

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Leave Your Kids a Legacy by Looking at The Rockefellers

Leave Your Kids a Legacy by Looking at The Rockefellers

Entrepreneurs may have a hard time deciding if they want to leave their children a large inheritance. You don’t want to create entitled, spoiled kids,

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How Much Insurance is Enough Insurance?

How Much Insurance is Enough Insurance?

A $1.5 million term life insurance policy will cover the bills if one spouse dies. But it may not provide an inheritance for your kids,

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Be a Smart Shopper When Looking for a Final Resting Place

Be a Smart Shopper When Looking for a Final Resting Place

A Sarasota, Florida cemetery was warned by county officials to bring the grounds up to code or be fined. Recent reports had described overgrown grass

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The Importance and the True Cost of Estate Planning

The Importance and the True Cost of Estate Planning

It seems as though Prince is now almost as famous for not having a will as he is for hit records. He left behind a

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Zoo Receives $3M Trust Donation from Animal Lover and Fan

Zoo Receives $3M Trust Donation from Animal Lover and Fan

A $3 million trust donation has been given to the Little Rock Zoo and is the largest gift the zoo has ever received, according to

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