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There Is No Digital Account Too Small for Estate Planning

There Is No Digital Account Too Small for Estate Planning

When WGN-TV reporter Randi Belisomo lost her husband Carlos to colon cancer in 2010, she couldn’t fix the cable because he was the only one

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Four Important Dates to Consider When Reviewing Your Estate Plan

Four Important Dates to Consider When Reviewing Your Estate Plan

Whenever clients ask if they need to update their will or trust, the first question back to them is: “When was it created?” If they

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Is Your Mom Lizzie from Ireland? You May Be an Heir to $788,000

Is Your Mom Lizzie from Ireland? You May Be an Heir to $788,000

The BBC program “Heir Hunters” has been working with Finders International, a group that traces missing heirs, to find a rightful claimant. Tracing a long

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Survey Says … “More Estate Planning!”

Survey Says … “More Estate Planning!”

When Craig Evans Carnick accompanied his wife of 46 years to a medical procedure recently, he got a bit of a surprise when he asked

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Get It Together!

Get It Together!

When life gets busy it’s easy to become more passive about managing your bank accounts and credit cards by letting receipts, bills and statements pile

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Conservatorships and Guardianships: What’s the Difference?

Conservatorships and Guardianships: What’s the Difference?

Bobby Brown and Pat Houston will be co-guardians for Bobbi Kristina Brown. Their attorneys said in a statement Friday that Bobby Brown and the sister-in-law

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Will Forgery Suspect Gets Caught

Will Forgery Suspect Gets Caught

On April 28, a victim told police that one of their relatives had died and she had found out that a new will had been

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Is “Crummey Power” Really Good or Really Crumby?

Is “Crummey Power” Really Good or Really Crumby?

There was one estate planner who had a stroke of marketing brilliance a long time ago. He or she decided that we should call death

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Estate Planning Is Critical for Singles

Estate Planning Is Critical for Singles

A watershed demographic event occurred in the past few years, although without much notice: For the first time in U.S. history, there are more people

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More Resources Needed to Fight Elder Abuse

More Resources Needed to Fight Elder Abuse

The San Diego County District Attorney’s Office continues to fight against elder abuse in assisted living facilities around the community. The D.A. rolled out a

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South Texas’ “Godfather of Movies” Leaves Two Pals to Duel over Estate Plan Mess

South Texas’ “Godfather of Movies” Leaves Two Pals to Duel over Estate Plan Mess

Rubin Frels is considered by some as the “godfather of movies in South Texas.” His parents met at the Theatre Victoria, built in 1913. Frels

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Are You Ready for Cousin Itt to Be the Guardian of Your Kids?

Are You Ready for Cousin Itt to Be the Guardian of Your Kids?

Estate planning allows you to decide how your assets should be distributed upon your death. In essence it allows control from the grave! And a

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