Your Estate Matters Newsletter Archive

Articles included in this issue:

• Preserving Your Family’s Legacy
• Age Discrimination
• When Bad Things Happen to Good Pets
• What’s In a Legacy?
• Important Adjustments to Your Estate Plan
• Is It Ever Too Early. . .
• No Matter Who Wins. . .
• Winning Recipe
• Healthy Mattresses

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Articles included in this issue:

• Vacation Homes and Estate Planning
• Early Onset Alzheimer’s Disease
• Long Term Care Insurance
• Common IRA Pitfalls
• When the Unthinkable Happens
• Estate Planning for Your Out-Of-State Relatives

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Articles included in this issue:

• Everyone Needs Asset Protection
• All Assets Are Not Created Equal
• Estate Planning is Life Planning
• Common Estate Planning Mistakes
• Ethical Wills
• True Story- While a Tattoo May Be Permanent, It’s not an Estate Plan

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Articles included in this issue:

• Do You Spend More Time on Vacation Planning Than Estate Planning?
• Guardianships, Custodianships, and Surrogates: What You Should Know
• True Story: Bob Hope's Wishes Were Public..and Private
• What Should Be in an Estate Plan Letter
• Hats Off to the Hospice Support for the Patient and the Family
• Estate Planning for your Out of State Relatives

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Articles included in this issue:

• Estate Planning - More than Taxes
• Does It Pay to Pass Up an Inheritance?
• Is a Reverse Mortgage Right for You?
• True Story: One Man's Trash... or Treasure?
• The New Roth 401 (k) - A Tax-Free Future?
• Taking a Trip? A Pre-Vacation Checklist

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Articles included in this issue:

• New Medicare Drug Plan: Beware of Scams
• Special Planning for Special Needs People
• True Story: Peter Jennings leaves $50 Million Estate
• Do New Medicaid Rules Endanger Your Benefits?
• Moving to Another State? How Does That Impact Your Estate Plan?

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Articles included in this issue:

• More Important Than Money
• Estate Plan Reviews Can Avoid Big Troubles Later
• Do You Know
• Living Wills and Organ Donations: Put it in Writing
• Consumer Alert: Watch Out for Trust Mills
• True Story
• Estate Planning for Out-of-State Residents

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Articles included in this issue:

• Plan Early For Big Tax Savings
• Minimum IRA Distributions
• Estate Planning With Your Pets in Mind
• 3 Simple Steps to Making Your Estate Plan Work
• Do You Need a Health Savings Account?
• True Story: Will Your Estate Details Be "On the Waterfront" for All to See?
• Estate Planning For Out-of-State Relatives

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Articles included in this issue include:

• The Most Common Mistake After Losing a Loved One
• FDIC Rule Changes
• True Story: How Not to Disclaim an Inheritance
• IRS Wins FLP Tax Cases
• Do you Qualify?
• Battle of the Exes
• Estate Planning for Out-of-State Family Members

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Articles included in this issue:

• Equal Love, Unequal Division
• Keeping It in the Family
• Can Money Buy Happiness?
• Your Life Changes, Does Your Estate Plan?
• True Story: White Sox Owner Strikes Out!
• Safeguarding Originals Is Critical
• Estate Planning for Out-of-State Family Members

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Articles included in this issue:

• Prison... Not the Best Estate Plan
• Business Owners Set Their Company Up With Lawsuits in Mind
• Protect Your Beneficiaries from Creditors
• Keep Your Assets Closer to Home With the Domestic Asset Protection Trust
• Safeguarding Originals is Critical
• Estate Planning: Not Just for the Rich
• Definitions for Asset Protection
• Can $15 Billion Buy Happiness? Ask Liesel Pritzker

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Articles included in this issue:

• New Medical Privacy Regulations Bring Wide Confusion
• 5 Simple Estate Planning Mistakes
• JGTRRA - What Does the Newest Bush Income Tax Decrease Mean for Your Estate Plan?
• Estate Tax Law Update - Stay Alert - Big Changes in Estae Tax Laws Can Mean a Lot to Your Estate Plan
• Essential Facts You Need To Know About Nursing Homes
• True Story - Katherine Hepubrn: A Private Life, Not So Private Anymore.

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Articles included in this issue:

• Don't Gamble With Your Future
• Family Limited Partnership Mistakes
• Keep Your Life Insurance in the Family: ILIT Mistakes
• 3 Medicaid Mistakes to Watch Out for
• Avoiding Family Feuds: Discuss, Don't Wait.
• True Story- Charles Kuralt: More Than Reporting "On the Road."

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Articles included in this issue:

• Caught Between Generations
• Three Generations, One Family
• Power of Attorney: What the Internet Doesn't Tell You
• True Story: Talk About Caught in the Middle...
• Emotional Issues: Take Time For Yourself

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Articles included in this issue:

• The Stages of Grief: How to Offer Support for Loved Ones
• Federal Changes Cause State Pain
• Encourage a Productive Life with Family Incentive Trusts
• True Story: Ripped from The Headlines: Buffalo, Poets Inherit!
• Estate Planning - A Woman's Worry?
• Power of Attorney Issues In Medicaid Planning

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Articles included in this issue:

• Don't Need That Big Inheritance? Maybe a Disclaimer Can Help
• Unlimited Gifting Through Medical and Educational Expenses - You Can Do More Than You Think
• Special Needs Require Special Planning
• Give the Gift of Education - 529 Education Savings Plans Make the Grade
• Even a Princess Has to Mind the Details
• Education Expenses - What Qualifies?
• Tax Law Changes

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Articles included in this issue:

• Keeping Control: The Ins and Outs of a Power of Attorney
• Family Limited Partnerships
• Using Trusts to Influence Your Children's Behavior
• Keeping it in the Family: Protecting Your Inheritance from Divorce, Lawsuits and Liability
• "INCENTIVE TRUSTS"
• DEFINITIONS YOU SHOULD KNOW!
• TRUE STORY: Asset Protection Power of Trusts

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