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Can a will be kept private?

In most cases, the answer is no.  When a person’s estate is being settled thru the will they prepared, it is usually public record.  To keep estate plans secret, they need to be contained in a trust document, not just a will. However, in the case of Harper Lee, the...

What’s your most important password?

You may guess it’s the password to your online bank account, to Facebook or to a shopping site.  Those are all important but there’s one that it’s critical you share with a loved one.  It’s the password to your email account. Why is this so important?  When you die,...

10 Tips A Funeral Home Won’t Tell You

In the past, we have written a lot about planning a funeral, the prepayment option and hints to save money. We recently came across a blog from urnsonline.com that we want to share with you. Click here to see what it says. The ideas are excellent ones and convey...

Do presidents forget to write their wills?

Even though more than 50% of US citizens still don’t have a will, you’d think that the presidents of the United States, with all of their legal advisors and staff, would definitely have protected their property by preparing one. Not true – Abraham Lincoln, Andrew...

What’s UFADAA and why should you care?

    We’ve talked several times about the importance of managing your digital assets and making sure your loved ones will be able to access them when you’re gone. UFADAA stands for Uniform Fiduciary Access to Digital Assets Act.  It was developed by the...