Year: 2018
Funeral home director says it is standard practice to protect coffin from the cold. A family in Australia is suing a funeral home for swapping coffins from an expensive model to a less expensive one prior to transfer to a crematorium, according to Fox News in “Funeral Home swapped $1,700 coffin with $70 one family […]
Changes may create decrease in donations. Some of the changes in the new tax laws may mean that 21 million people will no longer take a charitable deduction on their taxes, according to Forbes in “21 Million Taxpayers Will Stop Taking Charitable Deductions Under the New Tax Law.” The primary worry is that any increase […]
Significant changes mean it is a good time to meet with your attorney to consider revising estate plans. The tax changes recently signed into law create a need to go to an estate planning attorney to make sure your estate plan is still optimal for you and your family. Forbes offered some suggestions of things […]
It is important to plan ahead in case you are one of the people who will suffer from Alzheimer’s disease. Alzheimer’s disease is a scary proposition and something everyone should consider as a possibility in their future, according to the Times Herald-Record in “Disability planning is vital in case of cognitive impairment.” Unfortunately, experts do […]
You need to make the decision to create an estate plan and then you need to gather facts. In order to create an estate plan, there are certain steps you need to take in order to organize your affairs, according to The Daily Courier in “I’m dead. Now What?”. These steps include: Gathering all your […]
Two institutions fought over rights to his journals, notes and letters. After a heated dispute, the Ransom Center matched Yale University’s $2.7 million offer to archive Arthur Miller’s work, according to The New York Times in “Inside the Battle for Arthur Miller’s Archive.” Miller, who died in 2003, had a close relationship with the Harry […]
You can go to North Korea. However, the State Department has some advice. The State Department has recommended that American citizens get a will, make funeral plans and get a power of attorney before visiting North Korea, according to Fox News in “Visiting North Korea? Draft a will and make funeral plans, State Department says.” […]
Perhaps this is the year that you will make those plans. A good New Year’s resolution might be to finally get an estate plan, according to the Virginian-Pilot in “Make estate planning a priority this year.” Many Americans have a tendency to put off planning for their estates. They believe that they will always have […]
As the elderly population grows, so does the number of scammers targeting them. There are all sorts of scams that target the elderly, ranging from large ones meant to make millions to very small scams meant to cheat an elderly person out of a few hundred dollars. If you know someone who has been a […]
What should be done ahead of time, if family members do not get along? The issue of blended families and dealing with trust issues while estate planning, was recently discussed in a Market Watch advice column titled “My mother-in-law is deceitful — can we stop her from stealing my wife’s inheritance?“. In this particular case, […]
