Monthly Archives: April 2008

Web Histories Playing Larger Role in Divorce Proceedings

Lipstick on the collar? One too many late nights at the office? Internet browsing histories? Divorce lawyers are seeing an increase in the number of cases that cite Web logs as evidence, according to the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers. About 79-percent of divorce attorneys polled by the Academy reported an increase in the number…

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How Do I Know If I Need A Trust?

Like many people, you might think that having a living trust is not necessary for you or your family. Perhaps you think that your total net worth is too small, or that there is no reason to be concerned because you have written a will. Ask yourself the following questions: Will anyone take care of…

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Living Trusts vs. Wills

What is a Will?A will is a document, which controls the passage of your property upon your death. A personal representative named in your will manages the property in your estate. The personal representative pays any bills of the estate and distributes the property directly to the beneficiaries designated in your will. If you have…

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Do I Need More Than a Will?

Learn whether you need a trust, power of attorney, or health care directive in addition to a will. Most Americans don’t have a will, to say nothing of a more comprehensive plan to avoid probate or save on estate taxes. Do you need to start planning what happens to your estate when you die? It…

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Glossary of Financial and Estate Planning Terms

A 401(k) Plan: A qualified profit sharing or stock bonus plan under which plan participants have an option to put money into the plan or receive the same amount as taxable cash compensation. Amounts contributed to the plan are not taxable to the participants until withdrawn. Generally funded entirely or in part through salary reductions…

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Vietnam Ending Child Adoption Agreement with the U.S.

Vietnam is ending its child adoption agreement with the United States. The move comes after a report from the U.S. Embassy in Hanoi alleging pervasive corruption and baby-selling in Vietnam’s adoption system. The agreement was being considered for renewal, but in a letter to the embassy, Vietnam says it will stop accepting applications from American…

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Domestic violence | It’s not just physical abuse

Yesterday, John P. Tassinari shot his wife, Barbara, multiple times with two 45-caliber handguns in the driveway of their Quincy, Massachusetts home. She died at the scene. She left two children, one son who is 10 and a 1-year-old from the marriage to Tassinari. John Tassinari was described as follows by Barbara’s family: He was…

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‘Bad Dads’ Reality Show Would Get Child Support Delinquents to Cough Up Cash

A new reality show that could get the go-ahead on FOX plans to hunt down deadbeat dads and hit them up for the child support they owe. FOX confirmed it has requested the pilot of the program tentatively titled "Bad Dads" by the network that has churned out such reality successes as "The Moment of…

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Bynum discusses marriage on “Divorce Court”

Televangelist Juanita Bynum acknowledges thoughts of suicide and says she no longer wants to remain married to her estranged husband in an upcoming two-part episode of the reality television show "Divorce Court." In episodes scheduled to air Thursday and Friday, Bynum also weighs in on a case involving alleged domestic violence. The Associated Press obtained…

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As Ethiopian Adoptions Increase, A Network Forms

After months of applying to adopt babies in China and the United States with no results, Dawn Manogue and her husband, John Toomey, went back to their files to start over. Manogue found a pamphlet advertising an Ethiopian adoption program and saw a picture of a 3-year-old boy who had been waiting in the Ethiopian…

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