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How To Stop Your Adult Children From Sabotaging Your Retirement Plans
Little children are expensive and time-consuming, but they are also adorable. As you pace around the living room at 2:00 in the morning, soothing a baby that woke up less than an hour after the last time you soothed him to sleep, you look forward to a time when your baby will be more… Read More »
Estate Planning Pro Tip: Don’t Be Insurance Poor
With the exception of the occasional sprightly gecko, it is very difficult to come up with a gimmick that will make people want to buy insurance; it simply isn’t glamorous or cool. Young people tend to think of insurance as something that old people buy, so perhaps the matinee idols of the Baby Boomer… Read More »
Aging In Place Begins In Middle Age
Time flies when you’re procrastinating. You may have just run a marathon at age 49, but that Red Hot Chili Peppers Jam that was blasting from the loudspeaker as you crossed the finish line was playing on the oldies station. You are wise to live in the moment and enjoy your health and wealth,… Read More »
Your Estate Plan: What Will It Take To Get Started?
Just because lawyers exist, this does not mean that it is impossible or inadvisable to follow the law on your own; the lawyers are there to give you advice or to speak on your behalf when things get complicated. Personal injury lawyers represent people who have suffered severe injuries in car accidents, but most… Read More »
Getting A Dementia Diagnosis Is A Real Possibility: Can Your Estate Plan Cope With It?
Fans everywhere were shocked and saddened to hear that Bruce Willis is retiring from acting after his diagnosis of aphasia, a neurological disorder involving deficits in the ability to use language. Some types of aphasia are associated with dementia, while other types occur as the result of a stroke; therefore, most patients diagnosed with… Read More »
How Much Can You Get Paid As Personal Representative Of A Family Member’s Estate?
Acting as the personal representative of a family member’s estate is work, and if you think that you deserve to be paid for putting in all the effort to make sure that all the beneficiaries listed in the decedent’s estate get their money, Florida law agrees with you. In Florida, the personal representative of… Read More »
Make Sure That Your Will Does Not Conflict With Your Prenuptial Agreement
Young people are always saying things to which you cannot relate, further reminding you that you are old. “7:30 in the morning is too early to get up.” “What’s a modem?” “Prenuptial agreements kill the romance.” Of course, older people are wiser. Once you get to a certain age, the age when you feel… Read More »
The Courts Will Not Rule On Religious Questions, So Be Clear About Your Wishes In Your Estate Plan
Perhaps a relative of yours was buried in his military uniform, or at another relative’s funeral, everyone sang the decedent’s favorite hymn. It is possible that the surviving family members just knew what the decedent would have wanted at their funeral, but more likely, they let their relatives know, either verbally or in writing. … Read More »
Can Mobile Apps And The Employee Benefits Office Help With Your Estate Plan?
Most people procrastinate getting started on estate planning because they equate making an estate plan with thinking about their mortality, which is very scary, especially for young people. Estate planning lawyers always say that estate planning is about planning to live a long life, but you don’t find that out until you meet with… Read More »
The Geriatric Millennial Pessoptimist’s Guide To Writing A Will
You don’t have to be old or rich to write a will. If you are old enough to have children, you are old enough to know that the world is a terrible place and to feel powerless to make it better. If you need motivation to write a will, think about all the ways… Read More »