by Kathy Lane | May 29, 2016 | Identity Theft
According to Wikipedia, ghosting is a form of identity theft in which someone steals the identity, and sometimes even the role within society, of a specific dead person (the “ghost”) who is not widely known to be deceased. As our population ages and more...
by Kathy Lane | May 22, 2016 | Estate Planning
Do you have a bank account? What about a brokerage account or life insurance policy? Have you set up an annuity or a retirement plan? You probably have a least one or two of these types of accounts. When you set them up, you were asked to name a beneficiary for...
by Kathy Lane | May 15, 2016 | Estate Planning
Most blank will forms are based on the assumption that you are part of a traditional nuclear family with a husband, a wife and a common set of children. It will further assume that you wish to follow the traditional path of inheritance: The surviving spouse will...
by Kathy Lane | May 8, 2016 | Estate Planning
There have been numerous stories lately about Prince and the fact that he had no known will when he died. But he’s not the only famous person who wasn’t prepared. Here are 6 others who died without a will: 1) Michael Jackson died in 2009 at age 50. A will did...
by Kathy Lane | May 1, 2016 | Estate Planning
That’s a question that we’ll never know the answer to. If he was like more than half of the people in this country, he just hadn’t gotten around to writing one, didn’t think he needed a will or didn’t care what happened to his estate once he was gone. Regardless of...
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