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If you ask a group of estate planning attorneys about the most common mistakes they see, it wouldn’t be surprising if “failing to create an estate plan” topped the list. Many surveys indicate that less than half of Americans have a will, and that number drops even lower for parents […]
Author: April Nordhaus
About half the states in the country recognize the validity of handwritten wills, and Texas is one of them. It might seem like there could be a few problems with having someone write out their own will by hand, but in fact, there can be some huge and expensive legal […]
To say that nursing home costs are high would be a gross understatement. Monthly fees and added expenses can quickly deplete the savings of people in almost any situation. For that reason, it is not surprising that people take advantage of assistance from Medicaid to help cover the costs of […]
It can be hard to understand all the documents that are often now recommended as part of an estate plan. Once upon a time, most people had nothing more than a traditional will. Now estate planners recommend revocable trusts, powers of attorney, living wills, pour-over wills, and other documents in […]
In the classic Disney movie The Aristocats, a wealthy woman puts her cats in danger when she informs her attorney that she plans to leave her vast fortune to her feline family. Her butler overhears the conversation and decides to claim the inheritance for himself by catnapping the furry heirs […]