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- How a Late Portability Election Can Benefit You & Your Family
- Passing to the Next Generation— A Powerful Exercise
- What the Recently Released 2016 IRS Inflation Adjustments Mean for You
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- 2015 National Estate Planning Awareness Week: October 19 Through 25
- 3 Celebrity Probate Disasters and Lessons to Learn from Them
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- A Missing Will—Flo Jo’s Tragic Mistake
- A Trust—the Best Option for Avoiding Probate
- Act Now! Avoid New IRS Regulations That Might Raise Taxes on Your Family’s Inheritance
- Annual Summary: The Six Hottest Estate Planning Topics in 2015
- Are Handwritten Intentions Enforceable? Princess Diana Thought So…
- Asset Protection: Why Vampires Need Estate Planning
- Avoid Living Probate: How to Keep Guardians and Conservators Out of Your Estate
- Avoiding The Public Scrutiny That Is Probate
- Better to Play it Safe: Proactive Estate Planning & Cognitive Impairment
- Building Asset Protection Into Your Estate Plan
- Caution: Creditors Now Have Easy Access to Inherited IRAs
- Celebrities Who Failed To Recognize Unborn Children in Their Wills: An Avoidable Problem
- Decanting: How to Fix a Trust That Is NOT Getting Better With Age
- Did Whitney Houston Leave Too Much Money To Bobbi Kristina?
- Do It Now: Name a Guardian for Your Minor Child
- Do You Update Your Resume More Often Than Your Estate Plan?
- Does a Dynasty Trust Make Sense for Your Family?
- Doesn’t Everything Go To My Spouse And Kids When I Die?
- Early Predictions About 2016 Estate Tax, Gift Tax, GST Tax and Annual Gift Tax Limits
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- Estate Planning: 3 Reasons We Run the Other Way
- Get the Most Out of Working with Your Attorney
- Giving Your Kids an Early Inheritance—4 Things to Consider
- Got Stuff? George Carlin Says You Need An Estate Plan!
- Helping a Loved One Who Struggles with Addiction—Your Family Trust
- Here’s How to Protect Yourself After Fifty (50)
- How To Avoid Creditors Inheriting from You
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- Lessons for Family Legacy Protection Planning—The Tragic Loss of Star Trek’s Anton Yelchin
- Life Insurance and Estate Planning: Protecting Your Beneficiaries’ Interests
- Marlon Brando’s Housekeeper Claimed He “Told” Her She Would Inherit His Home
- Marlon Brando’s Story— The Perils of Promises…
- Money Isn’t Everything—Passing Your Stories and Values to the Next Generation
- Morphing Your Estate Plan Creation Project Into a Process for Success
- Over 70% of Elvis Presley’s Estate Paid in Taxes & Fees: How To Avoid Unnecessary Taxes
- Prince’s Incredibly Expensive And Unfortunate Mistake
- Protecting Your Child’s Inheritance from An Untrustworthy Spouse
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- Safeguarding Your Estate Plan Against Three Worst-Case Scenarios
- Sonny Bono’s Procrastination in Creating His Estate Plan Causes Years Of Estate Litigation
- Stress Test Your Estate Plan
- Take Control of Your Wealth Distribution!—Wills v. Trusts
- The Dangers An Unfunded Trust—Endless Probate Battles Over Michael Jackson’s Estate
- The IRS Took Half of Tony Soprano’s Estate: Not The Greatest Result
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- This Probate Is Taking Forever! [How To Avoid The Mess Before It Occurs]
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- Trump’s Presidency—Synopsis of Impacts On Estate Planning
- Trusting Your Trustee—Doris Duke’s Trustee Bilked Estate for $1Million
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- Why Your Estate Plan Must Include Both Lifetime and “Death-time” Planning
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