Adoption
Q&A with Loraine: Should I add my adult disabled daughter to my house title?
September 25, 2023
Question: I am 77, and my daughter is 46 and disabled. Should I add her to the title on my house so that it won’t ...
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Q&A with Loraine: Is it better to name my kids as beneficiaries on my savings and investment accounts, or should I have my accounts go to my estate?
September 12, 2023
Question: Is it better to have my savings and investments go directly to my beneficiaries when I die, or should I have them go to ...
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Q&A with Loraine: My father has five children between my stepsiblings and me. How will his house be split?
August 8, 2023
Question: My father passed away in October. His wife died about eight years ago. I’m the oldest child from his first marriage, and he has ...
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Q&A with Loraine: My father passed, and his estate went to my mother. Now my mother has passed. Who receives the estate now?
July 25, 2023
Question: My father passed, and his estate went to my mother. Now my mother has passed. Who receives the estate now? Loraine’s Answer: If your ...
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Q&A with Loraine: I would like to leave my estate to close friends. How do I prepare my Will with my friends in mind?
July 21, 2023
Question: As a single woman who has never been married and has no children, I would like to leave my assets to close friends when ...
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Q&A with Loraine: My Sister Was Adopted by my Dad. Are Her Biological Father’s Children Entitled to Her Estate?
June 20, 2023
Question: My sister, whom my late father adopted, passed recently. She had no living spouse and no children or grandchildren. Her biological dad, who is ...
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In Celebration of National Adoption Awareness Month, We Focus on the Estate Planning Effects of Adoption
November 20, 2015
November is Adoption Awareness Month. In celebration, this issue of the Passionate Estate Planner will focus on adoption, and the estate planning effects adoptions can ...
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