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A Life Change Means It’s Time for an Estate Planning Review

A Life Change Means It’s Time for an Estate Planning Review

"Having an estate plan doesn't mean that the job of protecting your family's future (and present) ends." If you have an estate plan in place,

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Don’t Leave it to Chance: Spell out Executor Fees in Your Will

Don’t Leave it to Chance: Spell out Executor Fees in Your Will

"Even on so-called simple estates, executors typically earn their fees." A legal battle in New York shows an aspect of estate planning that often doesn't

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Beneficiary Designations an Important Part of Estate Planning

Beneficiary Designations an Important Part of Estate Planning

"For most people, this beneficiary designation is, in fact, their entire estate plan." When people think about estate planning, many don't remember the importance of

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How to Track Down a Missing Will

How to Track Down a Missing Will

"Wills and trusts have been found hidden in rafters and in freezers, to name but a few interesting hiding places." You know that your mom

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Don’t Plant a Bomb in Your Estate Plan to Blow Up the Future for Your Kids!

Don’t Plant a Bomb in Your Estate Plan to Blow Up the Future for Your Kids!

"The real reasons to do estate planning are to take care of ourselves and our families the way that we want to." In a review

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Fight Over Ohio Industrialist’s Estate Halted

Trustee "interfered with the estate in a way that deprived them of trust inheritances they had expected." A civil lawsuit filed in a dispute over

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Stone Temple Pilots Frontman’s Estate at Center of Will Contest

Stone Temple Pilots Frontman’s Estate at Center of Will Contest

" I love and miss him more than words could ever say." In a career of nearly thirty years, Scott Weiland was best known as

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Robin Williams’ Death Causes Heartache for Fans and Heirs Alike

Robin Williams’ Death Causes Heartache for Fans and Heirs Alike

“What if your spouse dies unexpectedly?” More details of Robin Williams' 2014 suicide became available last week, when his widow Susan Williams revealed new and

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Give Your Family a Strong Sense of Security

Give Your Family a Strong Sense of Security

 “No one wants to think about the possibility of a spouse passing away. But neglecting to prepare for that possibility makes life all the more

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Consider This Strategy to Keep Your Estate From Getting Whacked

Consider This Strategy to Keep Your Estate From Getting Whacked

When he died in 2013 at the untimely age of 51, actor James Gandolfini bequeathed a financial disaster to his heirs. Gandolfini hadn't properly prepared

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The Main Enemy of Estate Planning: Procrastination!

The Main Enemy of Estate Planning: Procrastination!

Talking about death can be difficult for most people. However, one thing is certain: it is going to happen, and someone else is going to

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Estate Planning and Your Second Marriage

Estate Planning and Your Second Marriage

Marrying again makes estate planning more involved. How do you provide for everyone you love? Should you provide for everyone you love? How do you

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