With the high divorce rate in this country, many legal issues can arise before, during and after a divorce is final, or even before it is filed. One area that can be strongly impacted by divorce is estate planning. Once the legal bonds between spouses are dissolved, many things that seemed automatic about who gets […]
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Joint checking account not best estate planning strategy
If you or someone you know has ever been through the tangled web of the probate process, you would probably do almost anything to avoid going through it again. While there are many estate planning strategies that can prevent the probate of an estate, some of the ones that seem relatively simple may cause the […]
Keeping your estate plan current can prevent unintended results
When less than half of all Americans have even a simple will, the idea of telling people to review their estate plan on a regular basis seems almost futile. After all, you have to have an estate plan to review it. But for those who have gone through the process, it is just as important, […]
