Northern California Family Law Blog: Estate Planning
estate planning
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- September 8, 2010
- How to Help Your Elderly Parents When You Live Far Away
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We write a lot on this blog about the concerns that caregiver children have for their elderly parents, but that’s only one side of the story. Many families also ...
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- September 7, 2010
- One of the Most Important Decisions You Will Ever Make: Choosing an Executor
- One of the most important estate planning decisions you can make, or help your clients make, is choosing an executor for your will. As succinctly put in an ABA article ...
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- September 1, 2010
- Planning to Live Through the 2010 Estate Tax Repeal? You Can Still Save on Taxes
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It is common knowledge that 2010 is a great year for heirs. If you didn’t know about the 2010 estate tax repeal, all the media coverage of George Steinbrenner ...
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- August 30, 2010
- Caregiver Compensation Agreements Benefit Elders AND Caregivers
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Caring for an aging relative is hard work. Many of the people who serve as caregivers admit that they often feel as if they have two jobs—their day job ...
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- August 30, 2010
- No Estate Taxes for POD Beneficiary
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Before James died without a will, and with an estate valued at about $12 million, he had designated his teenage goddaughter, Jessica, as the beneficiary on two payable on death ...
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- August 30, 2010
- Great Estate Planning Quote
- Everyone gets organized at some point, they just might not be around for it.
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- August 27, 2010
- A Step-By-Step Guide to Getting Started With Your Estate Planning
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You’ve heard all the arguments in favor of estate planning, you know it’s the right thing to do, you want to get your planning done... you just aren ...
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- August 26, 2010
- Debunking 5 Common Estate Planning Myths
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There are five common myths that frustrate all estate planners—particularly because we know that not only are they patently untrue, but also because their continued circulation can be harmful ...
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- August 23, 2010
- Women and Finances: How Estate Planning Can Help
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When it comes to family matters women are often the head (and sometimes the sole member) of the planning committee. Vacations, dinner parties, school activities and celebrations... many of these ...
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- August 18, 2010
- The REAL Reason to Plan Your Estate
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We write often on our blog about specific pieces of the estate planning whole: elder law, retirement planning, estate administration, etc... But sometimes it’s important to pull back and ...