February 4, 2021 •
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Usually when asked to be the executor of a family member’s estate, the person feels honored and trusted. It’s a big responsibility, since the executor will be tasked with carrying out a loved one’s final wishes.
Read MoreFebruary 3, 2021 •
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Given the expectation the Biden administration will roll back some of Trump’s favorable policies of the past four years, tax consultants and accountants are already hard at work. But for HNW women, dealing with election fallout is minor, compared to the bigger fish they have been frying in the tax pan for decades.
Read MoreFebruary 1, 2021 •
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Can an owner of a timeshare will the timeshare back to the timeshare corporation and does the corporation have to accept it?
Read MoreJanuary 29, 2021 •
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Early in 2021, you should communicate with your advisers and review several items about your 2020 planning, if that planning is to have any likelihood of succeeding.
Read MoreJanuary 28, 2021 •
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A letter of last instruction is a document that outlines funeral planning processes and arrangements. A letter of last instruction should not be confused with a will or testament, which is a legal document that expresses an individual’s wishes on how and to whom their estate should be transferred after their death.
Read MoreJanuary 27, 2021 •
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Unfortunately, only about a third of U.S. adults had an advance directive in recent years, according to one research analysis.
Read MoreJanuary 26, 2021 •
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Is there a person on the planet who doesn't love the Peanuts characters? Snoopy, Charlie Brown, Lucy, Pigpen, Schroeder, and the gang are the iconic creations of Charles Schulz. In fact, it is still so popular that they earned Schulz's estate $32.5 million over the last year, two decades since his death due to cancer.
Read MoreJanuary 25, 2021 •
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If you haven't reviewed your beneficiary designations recently, you may be setting your heirs and estate up for some unpleasant surprises.
Read MoreJanuary 22, 2021 •
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For some older homeowners, a reverse mortgage can be a way to supplement retirement income, consolidate debts or cover expenses, like health care. For scam artists, they can be a lucrative tool to fleece people in their 60s and up out of large sums of money, or even their homes.
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