by Christine | Aug 5, 2013 | Beneficiary, Estates, Individual Retirement Accounts (IRA), Probate, Wills |
The only time your Will would control who gets your IRA is if your estate is the beneficiary. Generally, it’s not a good idea to name your estate as the beneficiary of your IRA. Even though you made sure to prepare your Last Will and Testament, it is not always the...
by Christine | Jul 17, 2013 | Estate Planning, Estates, Pet Trust, Trusts, Wills |
Why do otherwise doting pet parents fail to make such plans? Most people assume they’ll outlive their pets, says Barry Seltzer, a Toronto-based estate lawyer and co-author of Fat Cats & Lucky Dogs: How to Leave (Some of) Your Estate to Your Pet. And death and...
by Christine | Jun 6, 2013 | Estate Planning, Trusts, Wills |
Circumstances change over the course of a lifetime—and your documents need to keep pace. Grandchildren enter the picture, as do second spouses and sons-in-law. Estate and gift tax exclusion limits move up and down. When you create your estate plan, it is important...
by Christine | Jun 5, 2013 | DNR, Elder Law, End of Life Decisions, Medical Directives, Wills |
Would family members be more likely to consent to or decline CPR depending on whether the medical order was "do not resuscitate" versus "allow natural death"? What’s in a word? When it comes to making specific plans for your end-of-life health care...
by Christine | May 14, 2013 | Estate Law, Estate Planning, Wills |
Nearly 2.5 million Americans died last year, many without signing a will. One of them was apparently Roman Blum, a Holocaust survivor and New York real estate developer who was worth almost $40 million when he passed away in January 2012 at the age of 97 … If, after...
by Christine | May 8, 2013 | Beneficiary Forms, Estate Planning, Estate Tax, LIfe Insurance, Trusts, Wills |
Consider the people who fill out forms designating who inherits assets like an insurance policy and then never go back and revise the forms when, for instance, they divorce and remarry. And then, there are the parents who have not determined who will serve as...
