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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

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

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

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

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

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

Money isn't everything, but it keeps the kids in touch. Though I say that jokingly, I do want you to take estate planning seriously.  Most

Few people get excited about doing estate planning, even though they might recognize the importance of leaving a legacy for their children and grandchildren. If

Living longer changes the dynamics of financial planning. Old age can be very expensive. Everyone is different and there is no way to predict the

“Planning for death is a morbid thing to do,” admits Kelli Gardner, an estate attorney in Portsmouth. “People don’t like to deal with unpleasant things.”

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Fewer estates are subjected to the federal estate tax than ever before. The Brookings Institute estimates that only 1 in 700 taxpayers end up paying