Single people with no children sometimes feel like they might live forever. We know that’s not true, but children do seem to serve as markers of the passage of time. The protections offered by an estate plan for singles while…
While it may all even out in the end, when you take your benefits could have a real impact on the quality of your retirement life. Any big decision is easier to make, when you have all the necessary information.…
Placing the family home into a life estate can be a worthwhile move, since it permits an aging parent or other family member to remain in the house, while allowing heirs to have eventual ownership. A family had fond memories…
When policymakers consider the costs of dementias like Alzheimer’s disease, they consider both direct and indirect costs. Direct costs, in this instance, are the medical and social/non-medical care costs related to dementia; on average, expenses included $273 per month spent…
Most people tick off the boxes for their IRAs with mutual funds offered by the plan’s custodian. However, for the adventurous independent investor, your IRA could be used in overseas markets. There’s a world beyond domestic mutual funds, bonds and…
Many families today are turning to using trusts to protect their children who cannot manage their lives or inheritances, due to a substance abuse problem. Naming the right person to serve as a trustee, is a vital part of setting…
Some families don’t talk about money, while others don’t talk about death. Smart families talk about both, because they recognize that there is a business component of their lives that needs to be addressed. Widely regarded as one of the…
Florida passed the Electronic Documents Act (HB 409), which was signed into law by Gov. DeSantis on June 7, 2019. The law will take effect on January 1, 2020. Wasn’t this vetoed in 2017? In 2017, the Florida legislature passed…
We lawyers prepare powers-of-attorney documents so that when our clients can no longer act for themselves, the documents will convey on other trusted people the authority to act on our clients’ behalf. But when it comes to actually using those…
It is better to have a plan in place for the unimaginable, than to leave a family without guidance and protection. Experienced parents smile at memories of how tiny babies, especially first-borns, completely turn households upside down. Welcoming a new…