Americans are becoming more apt to travel by plane as new and better protocols addressing safety in the prevention of corona virus transmission are put into place. Airports, airline personnel, and TSA agents are handling a huge increase in the…
The COVID-19 virus is not going away as many had hoped. And studies have shown it is deadlier for those over the age of 65. Individuals living in senior living communities, such as independent living, assisted living, memory care, and…
You should check your estate planning documents every so often, to make sure they’re still good, especially with big life changes like births, marriages, divorces, and moving to another state. Children grow up, marriages dissolve, property gets sold, residences change.…
There has been an explosion in the numbers of Americans rushing to make their will online. Understandably, the coronavirus pandemic has created the scramble to set up wills and end-of-life-directives. However, online do it yourself (DIY) wills are often deemed…
It’s an emotionally trying time. Mourning the loss of a parent is magnified, when the family home has to be emptied out and sold soon after they pass away. If other siblings live far away, it usually falls to the…
There are many different kinds of trusts, including ones designed to safeguard an inheritance. The spendthrift trust is a good tool in the estate planning toolbox for individuals who, for whatever reason, can’t manage money. Sometimes families need to recognize…
The stakes are high in a second-time divorce between film icon Robert De Niro and Grace Hightower. He is busy with lots of real estate deals and hates this kind of bad publicity. According to a recent article in Wealth…
Chances of a second marriage lasting ‘til death do us part’ aren’t great, according to the U.S. Census. Only 40% of second marriages make it, and a whapping 60% end in divorce. Given these numbers, invest some time and serious…
Now that so much of our lives are lived online, we need a plan to prevent the loss of digital assets that include treasured family memories, financial accounts and, in some cases, entire businesses. The loss of a spouse creates…
One of the reasons people delay creating an estate plan and trusts, is that they don’t know who to name as a trustee. That’s not a good reason to put off something this important. Your trustee may be in charge…