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When it comes to estate planning, many might believe it is really all about couples and families. With about 46% of American adults single (including widowed and divorced), that would leave a lot of people out. In fact, in some cases, an estate for a single individual...

To those of you who have already arranged your affairs with a will, a trust, and other legal documents, my congratulations. I know you are enjoying peace of mind knowing you've done what you can to protect your hard-earned assets and loved ones.    That said, I'd like...

Sometimes, peace of mind is truly priceless, such as how you feel when your teenager returns home safely with the family car before curfew on a Saturday night.     Other times, peace of mind comes with a price tag.   If you have purchased a home and had...

As promised last week, here are the rest of the 11 Weirdest Celebrity Funerals and Burial Requests.  Again, I found this online at ATI, written by Austin Harvey, edited by Maggie Donahue, and published on 11/7/23.  This one includes one of our own, a...

Estate plans usually include an individual's wishes regarding their funeral.  I thought you'd find reading about what some celebrities wanted for their last starring role interesting.  Here is Part 1 of this post, which is from ATI online by Austin Harvey,...

Too often, I find myself addressing the "what ifs" of things such as what if you don't make a will, what if you don't have a trust, etc. This post is about two incidents from "the field," as reporters say. It involves two widows, one widowed quite recently and the...

Blended families are so common today that I think most people don't consider them different from traditional families. For the most part, they aren't, but blended families need and deserve a little extra time and attention when it comes to estate planning.  Read...

No one would say that the laws impacting estate planning change frequently.  And that's good. We need them to be relied on for years, consistent from generation to generation. For example, can you imagine what would happen if laws regarding how individuals...

In the "old days," if an individual had a legally acceptable, up-to-date will, they were relatively set. Today, if you have a current, legally acceptable will, frankly, that is just the beginning. While the other recommended documents don't require much time or effort...