Whether you are currently working in a different country or planning to move to one after you retire, it might still be possible for you to receive Social Security benefits. Increasingly more and more Americans are working in foreign countries or they are planning to live in one after they retire. In a globalized economy, [...]
Many people hear dire predictions about the future viability of Social Security and assume that the program will end before they can take any benefits. If this results in a failure to educate themselves about the program, it is a big mistake. People have been predicting the end of Social Security from almost the very [...]
There are several options for creating an estate plan on your own. That might lead you to wonder what role an estate planning attorney can play and whether you should hire one. If you can do something by yourself without taking too much time to do it, you are probably hesitant to hire someone to [...]
Setting up a trust can be time-consuming and there is no doubt that even the simplest trust takes some work to create. However, taking the time and making the effort is worth it. A common question people have when they start to think about estate planning is whether it is worth the effort to create [...]
Estate plans that are perfect on paper can later become completely unworkable. To avoid that and have a good estate plan, you need to take a few simple steps after you get an estate plan. When you walk out of an estate planning attorney’s office with a newly executed estate plan in your hands, do [...]
Estate planning can be a complicated topic to learn. However, most people only need to know the basics and where to find a good attorney. If you are trying to research estate planning online, you will be forgiven if you get a headache. There are many articles written on the subject, but they often have [...]
When looking for estate planning advice people often see suggestions that they should create a trust. That is only helpful if they know what a trust is. The Internet is full of estate planning advice most of which tends to suggest that people should get a trust. The benefits of doing so are often explained [...]
All too often when one spouse in a marriage needs nursing home care, the couple assumes that the only way they can pay for that care is to sell their home. That might not be the case. Overall, Americans do a poor job of planning for their estates and making plans should they need long-term [...]
A federal agency is cracking down on a disturbing new form of elder abuse: nursing home workers using social media to share degrading pictures and videos of nursing home patients. Now that most people have smart phones, most people also have cameras with them at all times. Many people like to use those cameras to [...]
Every year the Social Security Administration accidentally lists thousands of people as deceased. That’s actually an improvement for the agency. The Social Security Administration pays benefits to millions of Americans until they pass away. The agency has an interest in knowing when people pass away so it can stop paying those benefits. When a person [...]