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Pet Owners Should Include Their Animals in Their Wills
The Wall Street Journal on August 14, 2024, wrote that more and more people are including their animals in their wills. Not so much like the famous Leona Helmsley who famously left $12M for her dog, Trouble, but just that they specify who will be the guardians of...
When Should You Contact Your Estate Plan Lawyer? – Part 1
I recommend that my estate planning clients review their estate plans every four years, aligning this with the U.S. presidential election cycle. Significant changes in laws that impact estate planning often occur when a new president and members of Congress take...
Elder Americans’ Debt Growing Fastest
Are Grandma and Grandpa over-spending through credit cards? Companies that track consumer debt say yes. According to last weekend’s WSJ article quoted in our last blog, Coping with Debts of the Dead, America’s Elderly are incurring unsecured credit card debt faster...
Coping with Debts of the Dead
I'm remembering a Wall Street Journal report in a front-page article on how debt collectors are targeting spouses, family and friends of recently deceased in an effort to collect debt incurred by their loved ones. As part of the process described that seems to me like...