by Kathy Lane | Sep 8, 2012 | Duties, Estate Planning, Probate
Do you have a list of all of your automatic payments? If you receive paper bills and then write checks to cover them, there’s no problem. When you die, your heirs can just notify those companies who are sending the bills that you are deceased and they can close the...
by Kathy Lane | Aug 28, 2012 | Beneficiary Basics, Estate Planning, Settle an Estate
Some companies treat their employees well while they’re alive but provide a few death benefits. However, no other company has a program as rich as Google’s. The benefits for living employees are amazing but those for the deceased’s family are broad and unusual. The...
by Kathy Lane | Jul 22, 2012 | Conservatorship, Durable Power of Attorney Form, Elder Law, Estate Planning, Health Care Power of Attorney, Living Will Form, Long Term Care, Other Financial Directives
A friend sent me this poem by a “Cranky Old Man”. It has a message that all of us should think about as we care for elderly or incapacitated family members. When an old man died in the geriatric ward of a nursing home in an Australian country town, it was...
by Kathy Lane | Jun 17, 2012 | Dying Without A Will, Estate Planning
Stieg Larsson, the man who wrote the milenium trilogy including the novel, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, died suddenly in 2004 at the age of 50. At the time of his death, he was not yet famous and he was living modestly with his partner, Eva Gabrielsson. In fact,...
by Kathy Lane | Jun 9, 2012 | Estate Planning
Several years ago after my dad died in New Jersey, my brother and I were shocked when we realized how much money we were going to have to pay to the state in inheritance and estate taxes. The percentage was huge, especially compared to almost any other state in the...
by Kathy Lane | Jan 27, 2012 | digital assets, Estate Planning
If you own digital assets like a Facebook page or a Google email account, what happens to them when you die? Assuming that your next of kin knows your passwords, he or she can easily delete them. However, if your passwords are not available, shutting down these...
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