Wills & Estate Planning
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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Q&A with Loraine: If I change a sentence in my Will and get it notarized, will it still be legal in Georgia?
June 9, 2023
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
July 14, 2022
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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If You Have Estate Planning Documentation, Do You Still Need a Living Trust?
April 29, 2022
One question that comes up frequently is whether you need a Revocable Living Trust (RLT) – or Living Trust – if you already have a ...
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Another Day, Another Real Life Estate Drama
August 4, 2021
by Richard Morgan Based on preliminary news reports, M. Richard Robinson, Jr., the head of Scholastic Corp., died suddenly this past June while he was out ...
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Back to the Basics: How Do Assets Pass at the Death of the Owner?
May 27, 2016
Have you heard of a situation where a deceased person’s former spouse ended up receiving his life insurance or retirement savings, instead of the person’s ...
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Take Steps to Prevent Destructive Post-Death Disputes Over Your Estate Plan
September 11, 2014
A large part of the estate planning process is determining how you want assets distributed at your death and selecting the fiduciary who will be ...
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Casey Kasem: Lessons Learned at the End of Life
August 14, 2014
In this, our first video issue of the Passionate Estate Planner, Diane Weinberg looks into the facts of the Casey Kasem matter as reported in ...
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