Consider giving with a Donor Advised Fund?

March 2, 2021

Funded with cash or other assets, donor-advised funds give charitably minded investors control of when and where their funds are distributed.

Unmarried Couple Estate Planning

February 24, 2021

An unmarried couple needs to create an appropriate estate plan. If they truly want inheritance rights, they need to execute testamentary documents, such as wills.

Missteps for Divorce and Death

February 22, 2021

After the divorce, Mike logged onto the employer’s benefits system and tried, but failed, to delete Wendy as the beneficiary of his life insurance.

How to Advocate for Elderly Parents

February 17, 2021

As family caregivers, we play many roles: scheduler, money manager, house cleaner, health aide, nurse, navigator, nurturer and more. Perhaps the most important role, though, is advocate, as we ensure the best life possible for our loved ones when they are vulnerable.

Herd How to Get Your Vaccine for Covid-19?

February 11, 2021

To make sure you have your own decision-makers prepared to speak for your medical decisions if you can’t, because you didn’t get your vaccine for Covid-19, or some other tragedy, please see an estate planning attorney and get your living will and advanced directive in place.

What are Most Common Side Effects of COVID-19 Vaccines?

February 5, 2021

However, the tradeoff, experts say, is temporary discomfort versus the long-term benefits of a potentially high level of protection from COVID-19, a disease that’s responsible for the deaths of more than 1.6 million people globally.

Estate of Charles Schulz Still Making Money

February 3, 2021

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.

Am I Named in a Will? How Would I Know?

February 1, 2021

How can we see if there was a will and if it’s worth pursuing?

The Last Widow of the Civil War

January 21, 2021

We have just recently lost the last widow of the Civil War. Can you imagine that a lady whose husband fought in battles for the Union Army died on December 16, 2020?

Snowballed Out of Control

January 12, 2021

Mobs are dangerous. Homes and businesses get destroyed, police officers get killed, and people are lynched. Judgment is sometimes blinded by companions. Mobs do things that the individuals comprising them they would never dream of doing alone. A Collective nerve can be hazardous.

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