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Death and Taxes: Will Your Estate Be Taxed At Death?
How to Powerfully Prepare Your Heirs
Top Medicaid Planning Myths Dispelled
3 Crucial Steps to Prepare for Future Elder Care
Estate Planning Mixed Family Trap: The Forgotten Child Trap
Protecting Your Home From Medicaid Estate Recovery
Family Dynamics and Estate Planning
Planning for When You Log Off for the Last Time
Fixing Five Fiduciary Fumbles
Top 10 Estate Planning Traps and How to Avoid Them
The American Taxpayer Relief Act - A Review of Tax Changes For 2013
Organizing Your Estate Plan
Moving Forward with a Reverse Mortgage
Financial Planning for Individuals With Special Needs
Don't Make the IRS a Beneficiary of Your Life Insurance
Does My Child Need Guardianship?
Same Sex Married Couples Now Enjoy Same Rights Under Federal Law
Consumers Guide to Medicaid Planning
Tax Perspectives - How to Hold Title on Your Home
10 Business Must Do's BEFORE the End of the Year!
Dividing The Family Farm
Commonly Asked Questions of an Elder Law Attorney - Part II
Commonly Asked Questions of an Elder Law Attorney - Part I
Estate Planning Checkup for Your Parents
Grandmas Broken Glasses - Recognizing and Preventing Elder Abuse
Planning For A Less Stressful Funeral - Advice From A Licensed Funeral Director
Top 10 Estate Planning Mistakes - And All of Them Can Be Easily Corrected
When It's All Going to the Dogs: Planning For Your Pets After You're Gone
Wills and Trusts: Four Reasons People Delay & Shouldn't
Your Place or Mine? - Providing Care for Aging Parents
Good Grief!
Keeping Vacation Homes in the Family
Supporting Your Parents - Is it Your Duty?
Michael Jackson & Farrah Fawcett - Estate Plan Wake Up Call
Recovering from Investment Paralysis
Estate Planning For International Clients - Three Traps For the Unwary
Basic Estate Planning - 14 Ways to Make a Mess of Your Estate
Succession Planning - Seven Steps to Continuing Success
Parents' Medicaid Application May Be Affected by Gifts to Kids
5 Ways to Avoid Probate and Trust Litigation
Five Tips For Holiday Conversations From "Trials and Heirs: Famous Fortune fights!"
Repeal of Estate Tax May Warrant a Fresh Look at the Use of Disclaimers to Avoid Death Tax
Three Ways to Ensure Your Minor Children Can Inherit Without Costly Guardianship Proceedings
Estate Planning with Family Partnerships
Investing For The Rest of Us: Charting a course for the future
Investing For The Rest Of Us: Economic Indicators
Estate Planning For Unmarried Couples
About the Annual Gift-Tax Exclusion
Investing for the Rest of Us: Do We Need Mortgage Bailouts?
Three Levels of Business Succession Planning
Investing for the Rest of Us: How Property Passes Upon Death
Estate Planning for Second Marriages - Thoughtfulness Required
Investing for the Rest of Us: Stock Market Volume
Estate Planning for 2010 and Beyond
Investing For The Rest Of Us: What Exactly Is a Double Dip Recession and What Are The Odds Of Having One?
Understanding Your Medicare Home Health Care Benefits
Ten Estate Planning Traps and How to Avoid Them
Plan Your Estate Now - Rest in Peace Later
How to Keep the Business in the Family (Or Not)
Three Basic Asset Protection Techniques
Estate Planning For Parents With Special Needs Children
Investing For The Rest of Us: Estate Taxes And Your Government Absent From Work
Investing For The Rest of Us: Investment Bubbles- Hindsight, Foresight and Some Insight
Applying for Medicaid
Time to Reassess Bonds in Your Portfolio
Plan Now to Avoid Paying Nursing Home Costs
How an Estate Planning Attorney Can Help
Alzheimer's - Protecting Choices With Durable Power of Attorney and Advanced Health Care Directives
Consider the Specific Needs of Your Children When You Plan Your Esate
Estate Planning Nightmare for Widows
What To Do When A Loved One Dies
Estate and elder planning documents: Do the documents work if no one else knows they exist?
Understanding Veterans Benefits
Michael Jackson’s Estate Teaches Important Planning Lessons
Estate Plans To Protect Your Cabin
Estate Planning Concerns for Women
The Homestead Exemption and Declared Homestead
How Will Your Business Survive?
Hidden Offshore Bank Accounts: IRS Offers A Second Chance To Come Forward
Cy-Pres Doctrine
Male Perspective Estate Planning
Tax Measure Details Relevant To Estate Planning
Bob Klueger Estate Tax Law
The Revocable Trust: Avoid a Family Feud Between Children From a Prior Marriage and the New Spouse
Are You An Innocent Spouse?
Estate Planning Tools: Personal Instructions To Family - Five Factors To Consider
Same-Sex Couples Must Plan Carefully
Do Incentive Trusts Encourage Responsibility?
Why Do Families Fight After Their Parents Are Gone? Six Ways To Help Avoid This Problem
Gifts: Federal Tax Rules
Things to Know When Your Child is Also Your Caregiver
Funeral Slideshows - 10 Unusual Things to Include
For the Love of Your Partner . . . Plan Now
New Parents - What You Need In Your First Last Will And Testament - Six Easy Steps
The Life Estate Deed – One Option for Protecting Your Home
Establish an Estate Plan Before Your Trip
Staying at Home – Considerations for Elders and Their Caregivers
Common Estate Planning Mistakes That Increase Your Taxes
Is an IDIOT Trust Ever a Smart Choice?
Last Will and Testament
FAQs about a Last Will and Testament
Requirements for a Will
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Sample Wills
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Simple Will - 1
Pour-Over Will 1
Disclaimer Will 1
Complex Will 1
Simple Will 3
Simple Will 2
Wills of the Rich and Famous
Last Will and Testament of James Gandolfini
Last Will and Testament of Anna Nicole Smith
Last Will and Testament of David Packard
Last Will and Testament of Richard Nixon
Last Will and Testament of Marilyn Monroe
Last Will and Testament of Linda McCartney
Last Will and Testament of John Lennon
Last Will and Testament of John Kennedy
Last Will and Testament of Henry Fonda
Last Will and Testament of Joe Jackson
Last Will and Testament of Harry Helmsley
Last Will and Testament of Clark Gable
Last Will and Testament of Doris Duke
Last Will and Testament of Walt Disney
Last Will and Testament of Joseph P. Dimaggio
Last Will and Testament of Warren Burger
Last Will and Testament of Princess Diana
Last Will and Testament of Elvis Presley
Last Will and Testament of Jerry Garcia
Codicil to the Last Will and Testament of Princess Diana
Last Will and Testament of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis
Last Will and Testament of Frank Sinatra
Last Will and Testament of George Washington
Last Will and Testament of Babe Ruth
Last Will and Testament of Michael Jackson
Last Will and Testament of Katharine Hepburn
Last Will and Testament of Leona Helmsley
Last Will and Testament of Edward (Ted) Kennedy
Last Will and Testament of Paul Newman
Last Will and Testament of George Steinbrenner
First Codicil to the Last Will and Testament of George Steinbrenner
Last Will and Testament of Elizabeth Edwards
Last Will and Testament of Samuel Clemens (Mark Twain)
Last Will and Testament of Thomas Jefferson
Last Will and Testament of Benjamin Franklin
Last Will and Testament of Whitney Houston
Last Will and Testament of John Kennedy, Jr.
What the Experts Say
Testamentary Capacity: What Mental Ability Is Needed In Order to Sign a Will?
Choosing An Executor
Ethical Wills: The Missing Piece of Estate Planning
Disinherited: Mixed Blessing or Scarlet Letter of Shame?
Do You Really Want Your Entire Bequest? Planning With Qualified Disclaimers
Can I Disinherit My Child?
Wills vs. Trusts - Explaining the Estate Planning Enigma
My Father's Will
I Don't Have a Will - Do I Really Need One?
Wills for a Second Marriage
A Model Not To Live By - The Last Will And Testament
Can My Father Read His Wife's (My Mother's) Last Will And Testament
Choosing Your Child's Guardian
Understanding The Rule Against Perpetuities
Contesting A Will - Protect Your Parents From Undue Influence
Why Parents Disinherit Their Children
Conditional Gifts in Will
Estate Planning Tips for Parents - How To Choose The Right Guardian For Your Children?
Leaving some of your estate to worthy causes
Estate Planning - No Contest Clause in Your Will
Estate Planning - Protecting Your Will's Integrity
Understanding Guardianship: Advice From Estate Planning Lawyers
What is a Will and Why Do We Need One?
Revocable Living Trust
FAQs about Revocable Living Trusts
Types of Trusts
Selecting Trustees
How to Fund a Living Trust
Introduction to Funding a Living Trust
Establishing a Funding Plan
Titling Property in a Living Trust
Transferring Real Property to a Living Trust
Transferring Tangible Personal Property to a Living Trust
Transferring Intangible Property to a Living Trust
Sample Revocable Living Trusts
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Simple Trust Agreement - 1
What the Experts Say
Irrevocable Dynasty Trust in 2012 to Utilize $5 Million Exemptions for Gift, Estate and GST Taxes
Save Taxes - Basics of an Irrevocable Life Insurance Dynasty Trust
IRA Stretch and Protection Trust
Exploding the Myths of "Living Trusts"
Selecting a Trustee: Did I Make the Right Choice?
6 Reasons Why You Should Have a Living Trust
New FDIC Rules for Revocable Living Trust Accounts
Setting Up a Special Needs Trust for a Disabled Relative
Taking Care of Parents - A Living Trust Provides a Safety Net
The Special Needs Trust
Top 10 Reasons You Need A Trust
What if a Trust Beneficiary Doesn't Want the Money?
When To Fund Your Living Trust - Part I
Why Do You Need A Living Trust
Your Disabled Childs Financial Future - To Ensure Adequate Support, Consider the Special Needs Trust
Qualified Domestic Trusts (QDOTs)
Funding Your Living Trust With Bonds
Using Trusts to Protect Heirs
The Special Needs Trust in Divorce - Enhancing the Quality of Life For the Disabled Spouse Or Child
Special Needs Planning: Gifting to Individuals With Mental or Physical Disabilities
You've Been Named As a Successor Trustee - Now What? Duties in the Administration of a Trust
Administration Of A Probate Or Trust Estate - Selling The Decedent's Real Estate
Administering An Estate - Investment and Transfer of Securities
Special Needs Require Special Planning
You’ve Been Asked to Administer a Loved One’s Will or Trust: Now What?
Power of Attorney
FAQs about Powers of Attorney
What the Experts Say
Don't Get Caught in the Catch-22 of the Springing Power
What Is A Power Of Attorney And When And How Would You Use It?
Dangers That Befall Elders From Their Children and Caregivers
Your Durable Power of Attorney May Need to Be Replaced
A Matter of Trust - Giving Someone Power of Attorney over Your Financial Matters Is a Key Decision
Why a Durable Power of Attorney is "Durable" and Why It's Great for Estate Planning
Power of Attorney - Designating Someone to Handle Your Financial Affairs
Why You Need a Durable Power of Attorney Now!
8 Things to Know About Power of Attorney For Finances
Advance Directives
FAQs About Advance Directives
Health Care Planning Tools
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5 Reasons Why You Need A Living Will
Living Wills Review: Five Reasons Why You Must Have A Living Will
Lessons from the Stars: Long Term Care
Are You Afraid of Growing Older?
Health Care Proxies Are Not Just For People 50 and Over
Health Community Based Services - Understanding The Qualifications And Requirements
Lessons from the Dying
Living Wills - 10 Most common Questions
No Living Will & Power of Attorney? HIPPA Law Shuts You Out
The Living Will
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