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Family Feud – Don’t Let This Be Your Legacy - The end of the holiday season can sometimes bring families both sadness and relief. While the holidays are a time when loved ones get together to enjoy each other’s company, holiday stress can certainly lead to trivial arguments and miscommunications. …
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How To Choose The Right Probate Lawyer - Maybe you have been named executor in a will. Or, for an added wrinkle, suppose there is no executor, or those named are either dead or unavailable. Compounding the problem, imagine you have decided the named executor is not up to snuff and must be …
A Close Look At a Trustee's Duties - Julius Caesar's wife was not a trustee, but she was (rather unfairly) expected to act like one. When she rebuffed a man who had tried to seduce her, Caesar divorced her anyway on the grounds that she must never even be suspected of unseemly behavior: "Caesar's …
Long-Term Advantages of Home Ownership - There are two big tax benefits you get when owning a home: You can deduct the mortgage interest that you pay each year and you can deduct at least a portion of your property taxes. Mortgage interest deduction: The most valuable tax benefit is the …
Lisa Marie Presley’s Death Highlights Estate Challenges of Multigenerational Fame - A process that is meant to be simple and streamlined can, in reality, take years to answer the question: what will the star's heirs inherit? Nothing educates the public about estate law (and, sometimes, …
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