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Finding the Right Estate Planning Attorney

Finding the right estate planning attorney in your area can feel like an overwhelming task? Doing a Google search will likely create a list of dozens, even hundreds of links to attorneys in your area.  Some do estate planning.  Some do not.  You can spend hours reading attorney websites to see which ones might be able to...

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Can A Trust Be Used to Encourage Beneficiary Behavior?

While an inheritance is nothing more than the transfer of property or money to a beneficiary, many clients hope it will enhance the beneficiary's life well into the future.  Clients may wish to secure basic necessities for a child.  They may want to ensure it encourage a child's productivity or positive behavior.  Clients...

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Can I Use Internet Forms For My Estate Planning?

I give a lot of community presentations estate planning.  At these presentations, the most common question get is: Can I use internet forms to do my estate planning? The answer I give in my presentation is from the old Fram Oil Filter commercial: "The choice is yours. Pay me now. Or, pay me later."  In essence, use of...

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Can I Leave Money To A Charity In My Will?

In life we passionately support the charities we love.  However, we often believe we can no longer do so after we die.  A common misunderstanding is that one must be wealthy to leave money to a charity in an estate plan.  When I ask my clients about leaving money to their favorite charity in their estate plan, they often...

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