Most people know they should make out a living will, telling family members and others how you want to be treated in case you are incapacitated. For instance, do you want your life to be prolonged using ventilators and feeding tubes, or do you want doctors to just let you go. But — a recent …
At the comprehensive estate planning Law Offices of Kimberly Butler Rainen in Andover, a core component of our knowledgeable and empathetic client representation focuses upon elder care concerns. There are many of those, of course, which can feature in differing ways depending on what might be happening in a given instance. Adult children understandably worry …
Mom and dad getting older: Is financial management now a concern? Read More »
Imagine how you would feel after a loving parent has passed away and you suddenly realized that, notwithstanding mom’s or dad’s incessant infatuation and endorsement of so-called “virtual currencies” during life, there is no evidence to be found of any such property in estate documents or elsewhere? Might that make you just a bit concerned? …
20th-century estate planning concern for some: virtual currency Read More »
Well, it’s not The Grapes of Wrath, but it is nonetheless wrath, and it spells mutually directed ire that has soured relations between heirs of best-selling author John Steinbeck for many years. Steinbeck has been dead for decades, but his classic treatment of potent themes in American life resulted in novels that exploded in popularity …
Jury trial concludes in storied writer’s estate litigation clash Read More »
Here’s a notable but not often stressed point relevant to estate planning that a New York Times article recently passed along: within a few short years, more than one of every five Americans will reportedly be 65 or older. And that means this: As scores of millions of senior-aged individuals and couples move from large …
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Every thoughtful person from middle age to being on the cusp of retirement might dutifully reflect on the findings of a recent study focused upon what surveys show deeply concerns scores of millions of Americans. And that is this: retirement money. Even more specifically: the amount of money — that magic-bullet threshold, if you will …
Report on a million bucks underscores need for timely planning Read More »
Modern couples often include couples who live together, but are unmarried. It has become common for couples to live together before ever deciding to marry. When you have live together, you share many things. You and your partner may also have children. In Massachusetts 33.4 percent of children are born to unmarried mothers. Just because …
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