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Necessary Conversations for Adults Children and Aging Parents

Necessary Conversations for Adults Children and Aging Parents. Don’t wait until your family is grappling with a crisis to discuss…

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When You’ll Never Know the Real Deadline: Estate Planning

When You’ll Never Know the Real Deadline: Estate Planning

No one likes to talk about death, even though we all know it is inevitable. The tough question that follows…

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Change How You Think About Estate Planning to Avoid Procrastination

The simple and unpleasant truth of estate planning is this: few people enjoy spending time contemplating their own mortality. Estate…

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Fundamentals of Preparing a Will

Laws that govern wills, trusts and estates can be complex for wills leaving do-it-yourself projects potentially lacking in substance and…

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The 50+ Bride (or Groom)

Coming together at 50-plus is different from getting married in your 20s, particularly when it comes to money. “You’ve had…

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Not So Strange Bedfellows: Your Financial and Estate Plans

“It’s important not to look at financial planning in a vacuum. Estate planning is intertwined with the financial plan.” According…

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Retirement Planning Advice for Farms and Ranches … and Any Small Business

Small businesses, including self-employed taxpayers, have two choices after year end (2014) to establish and contribute to a retirement plan….

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Divorce Will Impact Your Estate Planning

Once you’re divorced one forward moving goal should be to immediately create a new estate plan — a will or…

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Don’t Just Think about Your Estate, Plan for It!

The sad truth is that most of us — some 70% of adult Americans — have neglected to write a…

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Estate Distribution among the Kids – Who Gets What?

In the book The Charles Schwab Guide to Finances After 50, author Carrie Schwab-Pomerantz poses the following scenario: “I’m confused…

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PBS Series “Downton Abbey” a Good Example of Estate Planning Lessons

Although this high-end PBS costume drama is spins stories from about a century ago, many of the issues are relevant…

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Planning for Minor Children

Although it is a difficult subject to face, you have options when it comes to protecting your estate and your…

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