Wills & Estate Planning
Q&A with Loraine: Should I add my adult disabled daughter to my house title?
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?
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?
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?
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?
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?
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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Q&A with Loraine: If I change a sentence in my Will and get it notarized, will it still be legal in Georgia?
Question: My Will currently states that my daughter may continue to live in one of my houses until she moves out or dies, at which ...
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Q&A with Loraine: Will changed four days before death
Question: If a Will is changed four days before death when the signer is oxygen-deprived, is the Will legal? Background: My stepfather and my mother ...
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