For the majority of a person’s life he or she works to accumulate stuff. Stuff such as real estate, savings, stocks, and personal property all has to be passed on to someone when the accumulator dies. In this area, everyone has the choice to die with an estate plan or intestate (dying without a will).
In […]
Entries from December 2007
Estate Planning a Must
December 24th, 2007 · No Comments
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Seminar to be Offered on Estate Planning
December 20th, 2007 · No Comments
In Minnesota, a day-long seminar will be held to help farmers and ranchers begin the process of transferring their properties to the next generation.
The seminar will include information on wills and estate planning. In addition, the seminar will offer tax information concerning how to avoid paying massive taxes on the farms and ranches when they […]
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Will-Signing Parties Becoming Popular
December 20th, 2007 · No Comments
Recently at a home in Minnesota a party took place at a couple’s home. The kids were running wild and creating artistic masterpieces in the dining room while the parents stood in the kitchen socializing. Was this an ordinary dinner or Christmas party? Of course not. It was a Will-Signing Party.
A Massachusetts-based lawyer came up […]
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Wills Care for Pets when People are Gone
December 19th, 2007 · No Comments
If you happened to be admitted to the hospital for an extended period of time, what would happen to your pets?
As more and more people are treating their pets like real family members, the number of people creating trusts for their pets and including the pets in the will has increased.
Trusts are the more common […]
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Psychiatric Advance Directives Becoming Popular
December 5th, 2007 · No Comments
In an age where advance directives (or living wills) are becoming more and more frequently used, psychiatric patients are using them in increasing numbers as well.
Psychiatric patients are creating Psychiatric Advance Directives to decide medicine preferences as well as to prevent the patient from being signed out of the hospital on their own against the […]
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