Estate Planning
Five Reasons Why Estate Planning is Important
Estate planning may feel like an overwhelming task, but it’s an important responsibility. Estate planning isn’t just for the wealthy! Everyone can benefit from a ...
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A Simple Estate Plan Leads to a Family of Clients
When John Chouinard, a client relationship manager, first thought about creating an estate plan, he contacted the corporate attorneys at his employer, a public company ...
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Q&A with Loraine: Mother’s Jewelry
Question: When my mother died, she left me all her jewelry, which is in a bank safe deposit box. How can I retrieve what my ...
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Q&A with Loraine: Mom Left No Will
Question: Can I skip probate court to sell my mother’s real estate property? She died without a Will. Background: My mother passed a few months ...
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Think Your Estate Plans Are in Order? Have You Considered Your iPhones?
In the past decade, it has become far more common for individuals to consider online accounts and their content in estate plans. The question then ...
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Q&A with Loraine: Selling Unneeded Cemetery Plots
Question: I want to sell my grandparents’ extra cemetery plots as no one else in my family will use them. Background: My grandparents bought four ...
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How to Pass Assets to Your Spouse Under Your Estate Plan
For married couples, you will need to decide how to pass all or a portion of your assets to the surviving spouse under your estate ...
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Texting, Technology and Wills: Holographic wills and estate planning
What is a holographic will? A holographic will is a handwritten and testator-signed document that serves an alternative to a will created by an attorney. ...
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