What Items Should Not Be Stored in a Safe Deposit Box?
December 31, 2021
Locking up certain important documents and valuables in a bank vault could turn into a headache for you or your heirs.
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Locking up certain important documents and valuables in a bank vault could turn into a headache for you or your heirs.
If you’re merely dipping your toe in cryptocurrency, it can be hard to imagine your crypto as something worth talking to an estate attorney about. But that $100 in fun money could grow to a significant percentage of your total investments, sometimes overnight.
The probate process gets a bad reputation, but it’s the reality many families will face. It is a process that can function well for some small estates.
The costs of long-term care for older adults can be significant. Federal Medicare health insurance benefits do not cover most of these costs. Most people who incur costs for long-term care cover them with a combination of personal savings, long-term care insurance and Medicaid, among other sources.
If your life changes, so should your estate plan. Marriage, divorce, death of a spouse, a birth and a changing relationship with a child are just some of the life changes that may affect your estate plan.
Even those who have saved and invested well may not be sharing their financial information with a spouse or loved one. It’s time to do that now.
Your elderly mother is getting forgetful and confused. What do you do now?
A commonly used type of over-the-counter medication can worsen hypertension.
Losing your spouse is a painful, confusing time, but add to that repeated calls from an aggressive debt collector and a bad situation suddenly can get even worse.
Highfalutin terms like “estate planning” can put off younger adults and conjure grandiose notions of excessive wealth.
