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Proper Estate Planning Reduces Issues of Probate
Sound estate planning can make the probate process run efficiently and smoothly, protecting your estate's value and legacy and preserving your family's well-being. An attorney can help mitigate the risks.
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Avoid making these common mistakes that can rapidly affect your inheritance and future plans.
Read moreReport: Planning for America's Aging Population
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Administration for Community Living has released a report outlining a framework aimed at enhancing quality of life for older Americans.
Read moreMom Doesn't Have an Estate Plan. How Do We Manage Her Money?
If my mother does not have a living trust/estate plan and becomes incapacitated, how does the conservator manage the savings, properties, and her monthly annuity and Social Security?...
Read moreHow Do Beneficiaries Find Out Someone Is Contesting a Will?
If the executor/trustee is contesting a will, how would they go about notifying the beneficiaries?...
Read moreHow Do I Calculate Spousal Impoverishment Numbers?
How does a person go about implementing the spousal impoverishment to their situation? I see all this information, calculators, etc., but nowhere do I find direct instructions about how to get it going.
Read moreHow Do I Resign From a Power of Attorney?
How do I resign from medical and financial power of attorney and as executor of a will?...
Read moreWill Selling a Co-Owned Car Affect Medicaid Long-Term Care?
If I sell a car in North Carolina for salvage (for $800), will it affect Medicaid for long-term care in Texas? (The car is co-owned by my husband, who is in a nursing home in Texas.)...
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