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Protecting Assets from Nursing Home Expenses

Protecting Assets from Nursing Home Expenses

One attorney calls it the “Get out of Dodge plan”—the best way to keep your assets intact before applying for Medicaid to cover nursing home

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Consider The Risks Before Downloading Those Documents

Consider The Risks Before Downloading Those Documents

People have many options today for creating their own estate planning documents. Forms can be purchased quickly from websites and books. However, trying to create

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Five Steps To Make Retirement Easier

Five Steps To Make Retirement Easier

Retirement brings the freedom to explore a new stage of life. But for many, after years of working for others, it also means assuming responsibility

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Nursing Homes File Guardianship Petitions to Collect from Residents

Nursing Homes File Guardianship Petitions to Collect from Residents

One day last summer, after he disputed nursing home bills that had suddenly doubled Mrs. Palermo’s copays, and complained about inexperienced employees who dropped his

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Elder Rights in Guardianship

Elder Rights in Guardianship

This spring, Florida lawmakers will have a chance to stem abuses in the state’s little-understood adult guardianship system by taking up measures that would make

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Tips on College Education Savings

Tips on College Education Savings

The government encourages saving for a college education by providing tax advantages through college savings plans. The world of these plans is a complicated one,

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The President’s New Plan for the Middle Class

The President’s New Plan for the Middle Class

Tax and economic reforms are on the President’s agenda for 2015 as he seeks to close what he terms “unfair loopholes that are only available

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If I Sue the IRS, Do I Stand a Chance?

If I Sue the IRS, Do I Stand a Chance?

What happens when a taxpayer disagrees with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS)? Some people think that the matter ends there: the IRS always wins, right?

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Planning for Retirement with a Plan

Planning for Retirement with a Plan

Developing a financially sustainable plan for retirement can be one of life’s most stressful processes. Those considering retirement need time to look at the many

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Resolve to Plan Your Estate Wisely

Resolve to Plan Your Estate Wisely

Fifty-four percent of Americans planned on making a financial resolution for 2015. According to a new poll by GOBankingRates, as reported in the Las Vegas

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Estate Tax 101

Estate Tax 101

The estate tax is one of the most complex parts of the tax laws, drawing a lot of controversy among Americans. Even as opponents label

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Helping Your Parents Downsize

Helping Your Parents Downsize

A mother who just turned 75 wants to downsize from her four-bedroom house. Her husband passed away six years ago, and she owns her home

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