If you recall from my last post, we were right at the point of determining whether Bill Sample's estate plan worked. Bill, a father of 2 with lovely wife Mary, suffered a heart attack at the ripe old age of 45. How well did his estate plan work? After ...
Continue readingAs an estate planning attorney, I find it odd that I rarely get the following question from the general public: "what are my estate planning options?" You would think that would be a basic question from people who are in the market for estate planning ...
Continue readingA few weeks ago, I went to my college lacrosse team 20 year reunion of our 1990 national championship team. I played for syracuse university lacrosse and it had been about 10 years since I visited the university. What I found interesting is that the ...
Continue readingWhat does "estate planning" mean? Why should I care? Not knowing the answer to these 2 important questions cost my family dearly. If you don't know what it is, why would you bother doing anything about it? Many people think they know what estate planni...
Continue readingIn my recent posts, I have been reflecting on the death of my father and how his estate planning could have been structured to avoid the disaster our family encountered when he was diagnosed with Alzheimer's. He (and our family) lived with the disease ...
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