by Kathy Lane | Dec 12, 2013 | durable power of attorney, Health Care Power of Attorney, Wills and Living Trusts
When you do your estate planning, you probably think the most important part of this planning is your Living Will or your Last Will and Testament. They are very important but they are not the most important thing. I recently read an article by Julie Garber on...
by Kathy Lane | Nov 3, 2013 | Estate Planning, Wills and Living Trusts
Awhile ago we told you about Huguette Clark, a reclusive multimillionaire who died at the age of 104. She wrote two wills about six weeks apart. In the first one, she left the majority of her $300 million estate to her relatives, many of whom she had not seen in...
by Kathy Lane | Oct 23, 2013 | Estate Planning
The week of October 21st is National Estate Planning Awareness Week. It’s a good time to think about what you want to have happen to your estate when you die. It really all boils down to how you’ve titled your property and who actually owns what....
by Kathy Lane | Oct 12, 2013 | Estate Planning
The IRS recently issued a series of tax revisions that directly impact same sex couples. Some of them are related to the filing of income tax returns and deductions that are now legal. This 60 second tip from Robert Keebler, CPA,may give you some information you may...
by Kathy Lane | Sep 24, 2013 | Funerals, Minor Children and Pets
In 2011, the New York Division of Cemeteries ruled that human burials could not take place in pet cemeteries. This left many people devastated because they wanted their ashes to be buried with their pets…but they couldn’t be. According to Ed Marin, owner...
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