by Kathy Lane | Nov 20, 2016 | Estate Planning
First of all, what is estate planning? It’s the process people follow to protect their estate and their family in case of their incapacitation or death. It includes such things as writing a will, naming a guardian for an surviving minors in the family, creating...
by Kathy Lane | Oct 23, 2016 | Estate Planning
In one word “yes”. Following is the article recently released by Forbes that lists the highest paid celebrities who died this year. While the Pearly Gates seemed to welcome an unusual amount of celebrities in the past year (David Bowie, Prince and Arnold Palmer, to...
by Kathy Lane | Oct 2, 2016 | Estate Planning
We read this recent column from MarketWatch and found it interesting enough that we are repeating it in its entirety. If you have step children or step parents, you should be aware of what might happen if proper planning isn’t done. He made his wishes clear,...
by Kathy Lane | Sep 11, 2016 | Estate Planning
Many couples, especially those who get together later in life, are just living together. For whatever reason, they’ve decided not to get married. Living together, they accumulate stuff but who owns what? One of the biggest problems with just living together is...
by Kathy Lane | Sep 4, 2016 | Estate Planning
Anton Yelchinleft, the Star Trek star, died a few months ago in a bizarre automobile accident. He was 27 years old. His assets were about $1.4 million….and he had no will. He also had no spouse or children. Therefore, his parents are asking the probate court...
by Kathy Lane | Aug 21, 2016 | Estate Planning
Do you have a tangible personal property memo as part of your estate plan? I just read a Forbes article that really makes a good case for why one is necessary. An example they used is as follow, “When a widow with incapacity issues and squabbling adult children died,...
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