The Importance of Customized Estate Planning for LGBTQ+ Relationships – Part 2
The Importance of Customized Estate Planning for LGBTQ+ Relationships – Part 1
How Estate Planning Can Bring Blended Families Closer
Just Married? 6 Estate Planning Essentials for Newlyweds—Part 2
Just Married? 6 Estate Planning Essentials for Newlyweds—Part 1
Aretha Franklin’s Estate Planning Haunts Her Family —Part 2
Aretha Franklin’s Estate Planning Haunts Her Family —Part 1
Larry King’s Death Highlights Importance of Updating Your Estate Plan—Part 2
Larry King’s Death Highlights Importance of Updating Your Estate Plan—Part 1
Remarrying In Midlife? Avoid Accidently Disinheriting Your Loved Ones
Blended Family Issues
Thicke’s Estate Shows Importance of Properly Drafted and Updated Estate Plans
In the 1980s, the late actor Alan Thicke played the wise-but-hip father figure and psychiatrist Dr. Jason Seaver in the sitcom Growing Pains. Following Alan’s sudden death in December 2016, with his children and widow battling over his estate, one…
3 Key Benefits of Conscious Uncoupling
The concept of conscious uncoupling, or conscious divorce, has been around for decades in the psychotherapy community. However, the actual term “conscious uncoupling” was thrust into the mainstream lexicon in 2014, when Gwyneth Paltrow used it to publicly announce that…
Common Estate Planning Issues for a Second (or More) Marriage
These days, second and even third marriages are fairly commonplace. And the estate planning issues that arise from multiple marriages can be highly complex and confusing. Merging two families into one presents unique legal and financial challenges that can cause…
How Legal Planning Helps Build a Strong Blended Family
Yours, mine and ours … in today’s modern family, it’s oh so common. The blended family is the product of 2nd (or more) marriages, in which one or more of the parties comes with children from a prior marriage. And…
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) can be fraught with legal and financial complications. Lacking many of the inherent rights parents have, grandparents who are responsible for…
(Re)Defining Family: Estate Planning for the Post-Nuclear Family
Blended families, unmarried couples, assistive reproductive technology (ART) and same-sex unions and marriages challenge the traditional concept of “family” as it’s been known for legal purposes up until now. Significant changes in the way we define family culturally means more…
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 heard that grandparenting is the grand reward for parenting. But what happens when the grandparent becomes the parent? Or when…
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 when a couple creates a blended family. Bringing children from different parents together presents challenges – and those challenges are multiplied when…
Life Is Multifaceted: Teach a Child to Be Open and Embrace Complexities
When you picture a “normal” family, what do you see? Is it the traditional notion of one male parent and one female parent, two kids, and a family pet? Or do you see something different? Or perhaps you reject the…
Are You Leaving Your Retirement Account at Risk Due to Poor Planning?
You’ve spent your entire life building up your retirement account. It may even be the biggest asset you’ll leave behind for the people you love. If that’s the case, you may want to consider creating a special trust designed specifically…
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