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Don’t Send Your Kids Back to School Without These Documents
As summer comes to a close, and back-to-school excitement fills the air, there is one crucial task that i...
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Whether it’s to qualify for Medicaid, avoid probate, or reduce your tax burden, transferring ownership of...
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How Naming Guardians For Your Kids In Your Will Can Leave Them At Risk
If you are a mom or dad with children under the age of 18 at home, your number-one estate planning priori...
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Asset Protection Trust: Safeguarding Child Inheritance | PFL
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What To Expect From Your Initial Meeting With A Personal Family Lawyer®
Whether you’ve met with an estate planning lawyer before or it’s your first time, it’s important to under...
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Don’t Leave Your Children With The Babysitter Until You Read This | PFL®
As we head into the third year of the pandemic, we are coming to terms with just how fragile our lives an...
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How to Pass Down Your Family Wealth Legacy During The Holidays
As you likely already know, but may not have given much thought about, the most important inheritance you...
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Think You Are Too Young to Need An Estate Plan? Think Again.
The pandemic has caused Americans to change their behavior in a number of different ways, and one of the ...
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2021 Estate Planning Checkup: Is Your Estate Plan Up to Date?
Even if you put a totally solid estate plan in place, it can turn out to be worthless for the people you ...
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Estate Planning Must-Haves For Single Parents | PFL®
If you are a single parent, life for you right now probably couldn’t get any busier. You are likely being...
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Estate Planning For A Child With Special Needs: What Parents Need To Know
Estate planning is an obvious concern for all parents, but if you have a child with special needs, it’s c...
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3 Estate Planning Issues For LGBTQ Couples—Part 2
Whether you are married or not, if you are involved in a committed partnership with another individual, e...
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Same Gender Couples,
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3 Estate Planning Issues For LGBTQ+ Couples—Part 1
Whether you are married or in a committed partnership, estate planning is about much more than planning f...
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Looking for the Best Mother’s Day Gift Ever? Try The Kids Protection Plan
Although we initially planned to run part two of last week’s post on Aretha Franklin’s failed estate plan...
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Managing Child Care While Dealing With Illness: Tips For Parents—Part 2
Even though there are now vaccines for the pandemic and the number of new cases is on the decline, becomi...
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Parenting With COVID-19: Tips for Single Parents (Part 1) | PFL®
Even though there are now vaccines for COVID-19 and the number of new cases is on the decline, becoming i...
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4 Reasons Why You Can’t Afford to Go Without An Estate Plan
October 19th-25th, 2020 is National Estate Planning Awareness Week, so if you've been thinking about crea...
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Supreme Court Case Could Impact LGBTQ Adoption, But There Are Alternatives
A case on the Supreme Court’s docket for October could have a major impact on the parental rights of same...
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Who Would Care For Your Children If You Got Sick With COVID-19?
The pandemic is causing us to consider a lot of things that we may not have before, even if maybe we shou...
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3 Unique Ways to Handle the Guilt Inherent to Being a Parent
If you’re a parent, you may feel even more guilty than usual. If so, you are definitely not alone. Curren...
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A Map to Doing the Right Thing for the People You Love During COVID-19
Right now, huge numbers of people are coming face to face with their own mortality, and realizing they ne...
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Life Planning
CORONAVIRUS: Impact to Your Wealth, Health and Happiness
While it’s still hard to tell how the Coronavirus will impact us in the long term, it’s become a subject ...
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Buyer Beware: The Hidden Dangers of DIY Estate Planning—Part 2
Last week, we shared the first part of this series on the dangers of do-it-yourself estate planning. Here...
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Who Will Be Emani’s Legal Guardian After the Death of Her Dad? | PFL®
In the aftermath of rapper Nipsey Hussle’s murder this March, his family and ex-girlfriend have been lock...
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Why You Need To Add a ‘When I Die’ File to Your Estate Plan
If you were to suddenly die today, would your loved ones know how to quickly find your estate planning do...
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The Real Cost To Your Family: Having No Estate Plan At All
This is the third in an ongoing series of NLBM articles discussing the true costs and consequences of fai...
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4 Critical Estate Planning Tasks to Complete Before Going on Vacation
Going on vacation entails lots of planning: packing luggage, buying plane tickets, making hotel reservati...
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Kids Protection Planning,
wills and trusts
When Something is NOT Better Than Nothing—Part 2
Last week, we shared the first part of this series discussing the hidden dangers of do-it-yourself estate...
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When Something is NOT Better Than Nothing—Part 1
Go online, and you’ll find tons of websites offering do-it-yourself estate planning documents. Such forms...
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One Instance Where ‘Keeping Up With the Kardashians’ Might Be A Good Idea
You might not be a big fan of their typical life choices, but the Kardashians recently demonstrated impre...
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Awakened Parenting,
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Do Your Homework to Ensure Your Kids Are Properly Cared For No Matter What
It’s back-to-school time again, and when it comes to estate planning you may have homework to do. As a pa...
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Appoint a Guardian to Keep Your Kids In Safe Hands At All Times
Probably every parent who has watched the news lately has felt the heartbreak over what’s happening to im...
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Awakened Parenting,
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Guardianship and Trusts for Children with Special Needs | PFL®
It always surprises me to hear parents who have a child with special needs tell me that they were not awa...
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Awakened Parenting,
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6 Steps to Select and Name the Right Guardians for Your Children—Part 2
Last week, we shared the first part of our series on selecting and naming the right guardians for your ch...
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Awakened Parenting,
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6 Steps to Select and Name the Right Guardians for Your Children—Part 1
One of your most important responsibilities as a parent is to select and legally document guardians for y...
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Before Your Kids Leave For College, Make Sure They Sign These Documents
With high school graduation coming up, many parents will soon watch their children become adults (at leas...
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5 Common Estate Planning Mistakes and How to Avoid Them
Since estate planning involves thinking about death, many people put it off until their senior years or s...
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What to Expect From Your Initial Meeting With Your Personal Family Lawyer®
Whether you’ve met with an estate planning attorney before or it’s your first time, it’s important to und...
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Want to Be an Awesome Parent? Stop Stressing and Spend More Time on Self-Care
All parents have undoubtedly felt guilty at some point for not spending enough time with their children. ...
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Ready to Write Your Will? Consider This Before You Go It Alone or Online.
A last will and testament is the most commonly thought of document when it comes to an estate plan. But, ...
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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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Your Rights as the Parent of a Young Adult - What to Know When a Medical Crisis Hits
As a parent, you are most likely quite accustomed to managing the legal and medical affairs of your child...
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Commit to Your Estate Plan Before Committing to a Trip Away
If you are planning a vacation, you probably have a lot to prepare for before you get away. Between struc...
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Leaving Without a Plan: Prince Didn't Leave a Will & Here's Why You Should
Even after death, celebrities are highly publicized for their mistakes, many of which we make ourselves. ...
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Defining the Legal Relationship Between Grandparents and Their Grandchildren
Raising a grandchild (or even spending a lot of time with your grandchild while his or her parents work) ...
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When Duty Calls: Navigating the Sandwich Generation with Ease
The average age of parents raising children in the US continues to rise, leaving many middle-aged America...
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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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Estate Planning Essentials for Parents
A comprehensive estate plan can protect the things that matter most. For many, this means their property ...
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Is Your Family “Too Young” to Need an Estate Plan?
Young families face different estate planning needs and challenges than those who have had a long life be...
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Name Legal Guardians for Your Kids for Free On This Website
One of the hardest things to do as a human being is to acknowledge our mortality. Some people even seem t...
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Legal Rights of Grandparents: In Honor of National Grandparents Day
When all is ideal in a family, the bond between grandparent and child is a special one. Maybe you’ve even...
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Kelly Clarkson Starts Blended Family: What She Needs to Consider
Starting a new family is always exciting and even a tad scary. This natural apprehension can be enhanced ...
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Save Money On Your Taxes
Holiday Bonus + Tax Refund Spending: Where to Put it For Max Return
Did you get a holiday bonus from your employer? Or maybe you have a tax refund coming. If so, do you have...
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Awakened Parenting,
Life Planning
Could an AMBER alert save your child?
As a parent, your number one job is to keep your children safe, and that’s not always easy. In our imperf...
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Life Planning,
wills and trusts,
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Protecting Your Child with a Special Needs Trust
When you have a family member with special needs, it is important to understand that your estate planning...
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Awakened Parenting,
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What Every Single Parent Needs to Know About Estate Planning
If you are a single parent, life for you right now probably couldn’t get any busier. You are likely being...
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Life Planning,
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wills and trusts,
Blended Family Issues,
Conscious Divorce,
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How to Tell If It’s Time to Change Your Will
Current research shows that only about half of Americans have a will, and probably less than that have ch...
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Estate Planning
10 Items That Should be Evaluated During an Estate Plan Review
Estate planning is an ongoing process, and plans should be reviewed with a qualified estate planning atto...
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wills and trusts,
Estate Planning
No More Reasons for Delay in Implementing These 5 Estate Planning Essentials
Last year’s uncertainty about the future of the estate and gift tax caused many people to put their estat...
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Life Planning,
Estate Planning
10 Tips to Ensure Family Harmony Over Your Estate Plan
When your children were small, you no doubt suffered the challenge of keeping peace in the family. We see...
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