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Your never to young to write a will.

Anton Yelchinleft, the Star Trek star, died a few months ago in a bizarre automobile accident.  He was 27 years old.  His assets were about $1.4 million….and

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September 4, 2016

Where does your Pokemon go after you die?

Everyone today has several online account and is part of the digital world.  Are you one of the millions of people playing Pokemon?  Are you

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August 28, 2016

Who gets your bible and your jelly jar collection?

Do you have a tangible personal property memo as part of your estate plan?  I just read a Forbes article that really makes a good

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August 21, 2016

Seven towns want their residents to become immortal!

Bet you never thought that there would be places where death is a crime.  Well, there are.  Seven cities in Italy, France, Brazil, Spain and

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August 14, 2016

From 29 to 6 – at what cost?

As everyone probably knows by now, Prince died on April 21, 2016 and he didn’t have a will.  You’d think that someone who had attorneys

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August 7, 2016

Shakespeare’s second best bed – where did it go?

Even in the 1600s, people wrote wills to designate where they wanted their assets to go after their death. William Shakespeare’s will was signed on

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July 24, 2016

Are you among the 63%?

That’s the percent of Americans who do not have a will, according to a Google Consumer survey by USLegalWills.com. A recent Forbes.com article talks about

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July 17, 2016

6 other stars who didn’t have wills

There have been numerous stories lately about Prince and the fact that he had no known will when he died.  But he’s not the only

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May 8, 2016

Why didn’t Prince have a will?

That’s a question that we’ll never know the answer to.  If he was like more than half of the people in this country, he just

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May 1, 2016

Why is Michael Jackson’s estate back in the news?

When Michael Jackson died in 2009 at age 50, he left a will that specified what should be done with his assets. He may not

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April 24, 2016

Does your state law protect your digital assets?

Last year, a comprehensive law was proposed by the National Conference on Uniform State Laws.  That law places access to a wide range of digital

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April 18, 2016

Which state is the first to adopt the revised UFADAA?

Oregon became the first state to adopt the revised Uniform fiduciary Access to Digital Assets Act when Governor Kate Brown signed it into law on

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April 10, 2016

Can a will be kept private?

In most cases, the answer is no.  When a person’s estate is being settled thru the will they prepared, it is usually public record.  To

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March 20, 2016

What’s your most important password?

You may guess it’s the password to your online bank account, to Facebook or to a shopping site.  Those are all important but there’s one

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March 13, 2016

Do presidents forget to write their wills?

Even though more than 50% of US citizens still don’t have a will, you’d think that the presidents of the United States, with all of

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February 28, 2016
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