Can You Rely on Legal Insurance for Your Estate Plan?
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Can You Rely on Legal Insurance for Your Estate Plan?
As the need for affordable legal services becomes even more important in today’s world, it's common to op...
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What You Need to Know About Collecting Life Insurance Proceed
If you're looking to collect life insurance proceeds as the policy’s beneficiary, the process is fairly s...
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Estate Planning
Purchasing Life Insurance For Your Family: What You Need To Know
Life insurance is a key component of your family’s estate plan, offering those who depend on you for thei...
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Caring for Elderly Parents,
Life Planning,
Planning for Seniors,
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FAQs About Long-Term Care Insurance
Our nation’s population is aging at a faster rate than ever before, and collectively we are living much l...
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Family Financial Planning,
Estate Planning
New Developments Transform the Role Life Insurance Plays in Your Planning
Within the past year, a combination of new legislation and the recent change of leadership in the White H...
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Caring for Elderly Parents,
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What You Should Know About Long-Term Care Insurance
With people living longer than ever before, more and more seniors require long-term healthcare services i...
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Life Planning,
Estate Planning
The Need For a Go-Bag Is Even More Important During a Pandemic
In response to a series of wildfires that ravaged Southern California in 2017, we wrote a previous articl...
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Life Planning
The Basics of Disability Insurance and How It Can Help During COVID
With the risks still posed by COVID-19, we all need to face the possibility that we could get sick, even ...
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Life Planning,
Estate Planning
Avoid These 4 Mistakes When Naming Life Insurance Beneficiaries
Investing in life insurance is a foundational part of estate planning. However, when naming your policy’s...
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Family Financial Planning,
Life Planning
Understanding Your Life Insurance Settlement Options
Following the death of the policy holder, the way in which proceeds from a life insurance policy are paid...
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Enlightened Insurance,
Family Financial Planning
4 Ways Wise Planning Can Protect Your Family’s Assets
While most people assume only the uber wealthy need to worry about asset protection, those with less weal...
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Life Planning,
Estate Planning
6 Questions to Consider When Selecting Life Insurance Beneficiaries—Part 2
In the first part of this series, we discussed the first three of six questions you should ask yourself w...
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Family Financial Planning,
Life Planning,
Estate Planning
6 Questions to Consider When Selecting Beneficiaries for a Life Insurance Policy
Selecting a beneficiary for your life insurance policy sounds pretty straightforward. You’re just decidin...
Asset Protection,
Enlightened Insurance,
Life Planning
Is Your Home Insured Against Natural Disasters?
From wildfires in California and hurricanes in Texas to floods in West Virginia, hardly any area of the U...
Asset Protection,
Enlightened Insurance,
Life Planning
Questions and Answers About Personal Liability Umbrella Insurance
It’s no secret that we live in a litigious society. And though our right to a fair trial is one of the ha...
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Awakened Parenting,
Life Planning
The Ins and Outs of Collecting Life Insurance Policy Proceeds
Unlike many estate assets, if you’re looking to collect the proceeds of a life insurance policy, the proc...
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Enlightened Insurance,
Life Planning
Choosing the Right Life Insurance Policy
While purchasing life insurance may seem pretty straightforward, it’s actually quite complex, especially ...
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Family Financial Planning,
Life Planning
Weathering the Storm: How Families Can Plan for Natural Disasters
Planning for natural disasters is more than just stocking up on canned food and water. In a natural disas...
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Awakened Parenting,
Family Financial Planning
How to Buy Life Insurance Like a Pro | PFL®
Life insurance is a purchase only made once or twice in a lifetime, so it is common to be unaware of the ...
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Estate Planning
Planning to Protect Your Assets
Asset protection planning is an important step to take in safeguarding your hard-earned assets from being...
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Kids Protection Planning,
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Growing Family? Time to Audit Your Insurance Policies
As your family size grows, there is lots to prepare for and consider. Welcoming a new family member can b...
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Family Financial Planning,
Planning for Seniors
How Can I Plan for a Strategic Retirement?
Are you approaching retirement? Not sure how you can ensure a smooth transition from working life to reti...
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Kids Protection Planning,
Family Financial Planning,
Life Planning
Spring Cleaning For Your Legal and Financial Affairs
Spring has officially sprung and that means it’s spring cleaning time. Shake out the rugs, clean out the ...
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Life Planning,
Planning for Seniors
Signing Up for Medicare: The Facts For You or Your Parents Nearing Age 65
People who are nearing the age of 65 should be making plans for the transition from private health care t...
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Caring for Elderly Parents,
Life Planning,
Planning for Seniors
When Is the Purchase of Long-Term Care Insurance Worth It?
Elder Care is emerging as a significant issue for many people as life spans continue to increase. It is n...
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Caring for Elderly Parents,
Family Financial Planning,
Life Planning,
Planning for Seniors
How to Reduce the Cost of Long-Term Care Insurance | PFL®
A person who turns 65 today has a 70% chance of needing some type of long-term care at some time in their...
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Kids Protection Planning,
Awakened Parenting,
Family Financial Planning,
Life Planning,
wills and trusts,
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Before You Take Off for Summer Vacation, Take On These 5 To-Dos
It’s no surprise that Americans spend more time planning their summer vacations than they do planning the...
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Life Planning,
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Save Money On Your Taxes,
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How to Protect Life Insurance Proceeds from Taxation
If you have been responsible enough to purchase a life insurance policy as added protection for your love...
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Enlightened Insurance,
Family Financial Planning,
Estate Planning
4 Steps You Should Take to Protect Your Money
Asset protection is not something most people think too deeply about. Most of us are busy trying to accum...
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Enlightened Insurance,
Family Financial Planning,
Life Planning,
Save Money On Your Taxes
6 Tax Questions to Ask Before Year-End
Everyone’s “to-do” lists seem to grow longer at this time of year, but yours is incomplete until you ask ...
Asset Protection,
Enlightened Insurance,
Family Financial Planning,
Life Planning,
Planning for Seniors
How to Ensure Your Life Insurance Benefits Go to Your Heirs
Recently, 11 major life insurance companies agreed to pay $763 million to the heirs of deceased policyhol...
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Enlightened Insurance,
Estate Planning Mistakes,
Family Financial Planning,
Life Planning,
Planning for Seniors,
wills and trusts,
Estate Planning
10 Common Errors When Naming Life Insurance Beneficiaries That Will Hurt the People You Love – and How to Fix Them
If you make a mistake in naming beneficiaries for your life insurance policy, the people you love will en...
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Family Financial Planning,
Life Planning,
Save Money On Your Taxes
5 Ways to Ease the Pain of the Payroll Tax Hike
While the fiscal cliff tax deal cut by Congress last month targeted primarily higher wage earners, every ...
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Family Financial Planning,
Life Planning,
Planning for Seniors,
Estate Planning
Longevity Insurance Can Help Those Worried About Outliving Their Money
With longer life spans comes the necessity to be sure your money is around at least as long as you are. L...
PFL® firms in your area
Hi, I’m Pam Starsia. I became a Personal Family Lawyer because I’m passionate about educating and empowering people to create estate, life, ...
Juniper Law, PLLC
I became a Personal Family Lawyer to help people like you and families like yours plan for the future. Facing the potential for incapacity a...
Das Law, PLLC
Let’s talk about your death . . . or incapacity. If something unfortunate happens, what will happen to your assets that you’ve worked so har...
Legacy Lawyers, PLLC
Hi. I’m John W. Heck. I became a Personal Family Lawyer because I have seen the consequences of failed estate planning in my immediate famil...
Edris Law
In my practice, I focus on Family Protection, Wealth Preservation, and Value-Based Planning. I’m also experienced with wealth planning strat...
Brown Law Offices
Lisa Brown Esq. is the principal attorney for Brown Law Offices. She received her J.D. from The George Washington University Law School and ...
Millennium Attorney
Naureen Rahman has been practicing law for over twenty years in the Maryland, DC-Metropolitan area. She has practiced across numerous sector...
Reflections Life Planning, LLC
I love being able to guide my clients through a unique planning process that empowers them to live a financially fulfilling life now while e...
I am an attorney dedicated to helping families in Virginia navigate the world of estate planning. With over 22 years of legal experience, I'...
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