Your Estate Matters Newsletter Archive

• Estate Planning Benefits in a Rocky Economy
• Grandchild Proof Your House
• Don’t Let Stress Get the Best of You
• Planning Ahead Leaves More Options Open
• What’s In a Legacy?
• Identity Theft: Rising or Declining?
• A Tax Break Is a Terrible Thing to Waste
• Overeating Affects More Than Your Waistline
• Winning Recipe
• Fly Me to the Moon

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Articles included in this issue:

• Preserving Your Familys Legacy
• Age Discrimination
• When Bad Things Happen to Good Pets
• Whats 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:

• 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:

• Understanding Grief (and making decisions during difficult times)
• True Story: Bury Me Nude! One Man's Strange Burial Wishes
• Bankruptcy Law Changes
• Who Gets the Frequent Flier Miles? Inheriting More Than Money
• Hospice Care: What is Hospice?
• Elder Abuse: How to Recognize it, Whom to Call

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Articles included in this issue:

• Identify Theft Danger - Are You Credit "Aware"?
• Your Financial Records: How Long Should You Keep Them?
• Will Your Child Choke on a Silver Spoon?
• Tired of Telemarketers?
• Unscrambling New Tax Notification Regulations
• True Story: Deceased Celebrities Keep on Earning... Can You?
• Estate Planning for Your Out-of-State Relatives

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Articles included in this issue:

• Unequal Division of Assets: Sometimes Fair Isn't Always Equal
• Are Two Heads Really Better Than One: When to Use Co-Trustees
• True Story: Terry Schiavo's Final Message
• Estate Planning Terms You Should Know
• Get Your Regular Estate Planning Checkup:
• New IRS Proposals Designed to Tighten Estate Planning Rules
• It's Better to Give and Receive: Using Charitable Remainder Trusts

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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:

• 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:

• Live Longer, Distribute Less. New Ira Law Changes Mean Simpler Calculations, Less Time To Determine Beneficiaries.
• Mixed Families, Mixed Feelings-Inheritance And Second Marriages
• What Is A Medicaid Trigger And Why Do I Need One?
• Interesting Tax Facts: A fun look at America's tax code.
• Ignorance of the Law Is No Excuse - Especially in Estate Planning
• Trust Administration: Who's Responsible for What?

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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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