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No Contest for Meddling Relatives
When are you safe from meddling relatives if not when you’re dead? It turns out, even death is no safe haven, as this article by Tracy Breton in The Providence Journal suggests. According to the article, the Will of University of Rhode Island professor Beatrice S. Demers, who died last year at the age of 100, […]
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Estate Planning for Parents, One Step at a Time
Thinking about who will care for your children if anything happens to you can be the most difficult thing in the world. Although many people would like to shy away from the subject altogether, every parent knows how very important it is to ensure their children don’t end up as a ward of the state. […]
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A Guardianship Panel Allows Flexibility
When it comes to selecting a guardian (i.e. a “backup parent”) for your children, not every parent has a clear-cut decision. Who do you choose if you don’t have extended family with whom you are close? Or what if you are close to your family, but worry that the person who would make the best guardian […]
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Taking Stock of the Future
Learning about investing is like learning another language—a language of numbers and symbols and percentages. Although everybody wants to grow their money, not everybody has the time to learn this new language. Luckily, there are an abundance of people who have learned the language of investing, and whose job is to help the rest of […]
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The Gift of Education
Your grandson’s birthday is coming up, and once again you’re stumped for ideas. You may wonder, is there something other than video games I can give him; something with a lasting value? How about an education? Give your children or grandchildren the most useful gift of their lives, and benefit yourself as well; contribute to […]
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Probable… probably… PROBATE
“Probate” is a term that is mentioned quite a bit in the estate planning world. We’re always talking about the process of probate, the cost of probate, the list of “horribles” with probate, and how to avoid it. With all this talk of probate, a definition and description of the process seems in order. Probate is the […]
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Will You Outlive Your Money?
All of us know about saving for retirement, but how much do any of us know about spending during retirement? With fewer people receiving pensions, and more and more retirees using a combination of IRAs, 401(k)s, stock investments and real estate, your retirement income can begin to look like something even an economics expert would […]
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Estate Planning Advice From Shakespeare
“So long as men can breathe, or eyes can see, So long lives this, and this gives life to thee.” (Sonnet XVIII by William Shakespeare, b. Apr. 23, 1564, d. Apr. 23, 1616) People do some strange things with their Last Wills and Testaments, and Shakespeare was no exception. One item in William Shakespeare’s will, for […]
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Big Kudos for Small Businesses
“The entrepreneur is our visionary, the creator in each of us. We’re born with that quality and it defines our lives as we respond to what we see, hear, feel, and experience. . . The entrepreneur in us sees opportunities everywhere we look. . . “ – Michael Gerber, founder and chairman of E-Myth Worldwide The […]
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Estate Planning for the YouTube Generation
The internet has changed the way we live…and divorce. It started with video wills, and now Fox News just reported that Playwright Tricia Walsh-Smith is ranting about her divorce from the wealthy husband on YouTube. It is undeniable that technology and the internet have changed all areas of our lives, and the law is no […]
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