The Rise of Nursing Home Costs in 2017
If you’ve been looking into the costs of nursing homes for a parent or loved one, you understand just how difficult it can be to strike the right balance between affordability and quality. In additi…Read More
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Review Your Medicare Options During the Open Enrollment Period
As if this time of year wasn’t busy enough, October 15th through December 7th is also Medicare’s Open Enrollment Period. During this time, you can make changes to your current plan, add coverage, …Read More
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What is an Irrevocable Trust?
If you have been mulling over the options for estate planning, you’ve definitely come across the phrase “irrevocable trust” more than a few times. It is one of the many options you have availabl…Read More
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Why Do I Need a Will or Trust?
Thinking about your own mortality or the mortality of a loved one is never a fun prospect, but if you want to make sure that the ones you leave behind will be taken care of, you need to make sure that…Read More
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Two Questions to Ask When Interviewing Estate Planning Attorneys
Searching for an attorney to help you navigate the confusing legal requirements of a will or trust can be difficult. Even more difficult is knowing what questions to ask the list of attorneys that you…Read More
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When Should I Start My Estate Planning?
If you’re in your 20s or 30s you probably don’t think too much about your estate — it’s a long way off and you have a lot of other concerns, namely, raising a family, buying a home, and advanc…Read More
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Why You Should Use an Estate Planning Attorney: Part Two
In our last blog, we began talking about some of the advantages to hiring an experienced estate planning attorney. In that entry we wrote about how a lawyer will know the laws of the state in a way th…Read More
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Why You Should Use an Estate Planning Attorney: Part One
Talking about your eventual decline and death with an estate planning attorney will never be something that you look forward to, but it is something that you should get out of the way sooner rather th…Read More
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What Are Wills and Trusts? Part Three
In this series of blogs we have covered, in very basic terms, what the differences are between wills and trusts. We have learned what some of the benefits and pitfalls of a will are, and today we will…Read More