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Charitable Trusts Can Provide Income to Heirs
A charitable trust is a type of irrevocable trust that can benefit you, and the charity you choose, and provide income to your heirs. If you are philanthropically minded with nonessential assets like stocks or real estate, a charitable trust can offer many financial...
Making an Estate Plan for Unmarried Couples
Widows and divorce are common among older Americans (in record numbers), spurring new partnerships. The US Census Bureau reports that more than half of all older adults have only married once, opting to stay legally single in their future relationships. Cohabitating...
Veteran Advocates: 3 Reasons to Hire One
The number of veterans' benefits getting mired in the system is not only tragic but startling as well. A quick internet search can lead to story after story of veterans who have struggled to receive the benefits that are owed to them. Robert DiCicco spent his final...
Taking Care of a Relative or Friend in a Nursing Home
The safety and well-being of your loved one in a nursing home is more important and complex than ever following the Coronavirus pandemic. Both residents and staff in nursing homes and other long-term care facilities are disproportionately affected by COVID-19...
What Is the Fiduciary Rule?
Since the Labor Department surpassed its authority in creating the fiduciary rule, the Obama-era protections for retirement savers cannot be enforced. The fiduciary rule required financial advisors to act solely in their clients’ best interest as it related to...
Life Insurance and Estate Planning
The way you dispose of your assets in your estate plan may not seem to be affected by life insurance at first glance. However, life insurance can be an integral, indispensably important part of a well-thought-out estate plan. There are numerous other benefits to...
Estate Planning for Special Needs Individuals
Parents of children with mental/physical disabilities and the elderly can create supplemental needs trusts, also known as third-party special needs trusts. This type of trust will receive assets from you or another benefactor expressly for that person with a...
Generational Wealth Transfer: How to Plan Your Estate
To ensure the aggregate of your inheritable legacy will exist for future generations, careful planning is needed. There are always generational differences of opinion as to how best to live and act in the world. Millennials and Generation Xers seem to have distinctly...
Brain Injury Awareness Month is in March
Brain Injury Awareness Month kicks off in March as it has for thirty years. Brain injury often referred to as traumatic brain injury (TBI), can range from mild (commonly called a concussion) to severe and is caused by an impact to the head or the body or by a...
What to Do if You Inherit a Timeshare
Upon purchasing a timeshare in a vacation resort, the resort agent suggested that Mom and Dad leave the property to their children so that after they passed, the kids could continue to enjoy the property. It seemed like a good idea at the time. Unfortunately, once Mom...
COVID-19 Dashboard for Nursing Homes – AARP
As COVID-19 continues to spread rapidly among nursing home residents and staff, accurate data is hard to come by, with haphazard data collection often providing inaccurate results. The most recent Kaiser Family Foundation data analysis indicates that federal...
Why Does a Will Have to Go Through Probate?
The probate process involves the authentication of a will, the review of assets, the payment of outstanding debts and taxes, and the distribution of the remaining assets to the heirs. After an asset-holder dies, the court will appoint a valid will's executor to...