A new report from the AARP details that the medications commonly used by the elderly are increasing in price well past the rate of inflation. Calling the 2016 Presidential election messy or contentious is probably too charitable. For all the bluster and the personal insults, however, there are some serious issues being discussed. One thing [...]
The U.S. government has released the will of terrorist Osama Bin Laden. The Office of the Director of National Intelligence has recently released some documents that were seized during the raid on Osama Bin Laden's compound. Much of the media focus has centered on some of the personal letters released that appear to warn followers [...]
State governments across the country have taken up what happens to a person's digital accounts after they die. Wisconsin is the latest state to do so. The digital age has created changes for people in many aspects of life. This is certainly the case in estate planning, as estate laws were designed in a time [...]
After a three-year study a diverse group of experts has issued a report and recommendations for changing the long-term care policies of the U.S. Recently, the Convergence Center for Policy Resolution announced that the Long-Term Care Financing Collaborative has proposed changes to the way long-term nursing home care is financed in the U.S. at "LTCFC [...]
If you get a trust as part of your estate plan, then you need to fund that trust with your assets. However, you should not automatically put all of your assets in the trust. When you create an "irrevocable trust" for your estate plan, then you have only just begun the process. An irrevocable trust, [...]
One of the problems for estate planners is trying to craft a plan that does not give anyone a reason to challenge it. This can be difficult at times, but using a no contest clause can help. It is a simple fact of estate law that people who receive inheritances are not always satisfied with [...]
Perhaps no family battle can be as bitter as the battle over the estate of a loved one. Most of the time, it is possible to prevent family estate battles by following a few simple steps. One of the biggest priorities for people making plans for their estates is trying to avoid having their families [...]
A recent study found that almost 75% of Americans do not have any form of advanced medical directives. The most popular reason cited for not having one? They didn’t know what they really are. An advanced medical directive is a legal document you can execute to speak regarding your medical treatment wishes when you cannot [...]
Baby Boomers are getting older and starting to need assistance from their children as they get age. Children of the Boomers often waited until they were in their 30s and 40s to have children of their own. That leaves many of them sandwiched between having to provide care for their elderly parents and their young [...]
A non-profit group in Nashville seeks to reunite heirlooms with their families in a process they call heirloom archaeology. At an estate sale in the San Diego area an old family photo album was discovered. In it were the pictures of one family that dated back to the 1890s. The only problem is that other [...]