by Kathy Lane | Jul 2, 2013 | Funerals
Time Magazine recently published a list of the “Top 10 Celebrity Grave Sites”. They are very popular places for tourists to visit. In fact, people from all over the world visit them every year. Half of the list belongs to popular musicians; the rest...
by Kathy Lane | Jun 30, 2013 | Beneficiary Basics, Estate Planning, Settle an Estate
Over the last five years or so, a study has been conducted to determine how insurance companies ensured that beneficiaries of life insurance policies were notified that a relative with a life insurance policy had died. The study was initiated by California Comptroller...
by Kathy Lane | Jun 27, 2013 | Estate Planning
One of the many changes that that will affect gay and lesbian married couples is in the area of income taxes. A February report by the Williams Institute, a UCLA law school think tank that studies sexual orientation and gender identity law, found that “most...
by Kathy Lane | Jun 26, 2013 | Estate Planning, Estate Taxes
The Supreme Court today made a decision to strike down DOMA (Defense of Marriage Act); this will dramatically expand the access of married gay couples to many federal benefits related to tax, health and pension that have been denied to them until now. This decision...
by Kathy Lane | Jun 22, 2013 | Probate, Settle an Estate
Someone wrote to us at diesmart.com and said she needed help finding an attorney so she could get an original death certificate of a deceased relative. A death certificate is the official certified document which is filed upon a person’s death. You might wonder...
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