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Legal Planning that Every Parent Should Know About : Scenario 1 – You Don’t Make it Home

The following series of posts contain articles posted at Kaboose.com, featuring an interview with my colleague and fellow Personal Family Lawyer, Kimberly Hegwood. If you have any questions or want to speak with me about these issues, please call me at 770-425-6060. ============================================================ Talking about legal planning for your family is never something up there…

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Collaboration allows for a kind divorce

The following article, written by Paul Pinkham for Jacksonville.com, details the progress made in Florida incorporating collaborative divorce into and as a viable alternative to the litigation process. =========================================================== Collaborative divorces can save couples money and emotional distress. Attorney Nickolas Alexander remembers returning to his Orange Park office seven years ago excited about a new,…

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8 Questions to Ask Before Hiring an Estate Planning Lawyer

Before hiring a wills & trusts lawyer to guide you, your family or your business, ask these questions to ensure that you don’t end up paying a whole lot of money for services that are not what you need, expect or want. Hiring an attorney does not have to be a fearful experience. Instead, it…

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Walter Cronkite will details released

Michigan Probate Attorney Andrew Mayoras has written in his blog, The Probate Lawyer Family Feud Blog, details of yet another celebrity death, this time Walter Cronkite. As Andrew notes, one of the big drawbacks to relying on a will (instead of a trust) is that wills must pass through probate court and are public documents. …

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5 Legal Documents Every Dad Must Know About & How to Make Sure They Don’t Fail

The author of the following article, Alexis Martin Neely, was featured in an interview on Good Morning America this morning. She had some important information that all parents need to hear: ***Featured on Good Morning America*** Becoming a dad is the ultimate step into adulthood.  It simply doesn’t get more real than that, does it? …

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How to Leave Behind a Legacy—Not Regrets

By: Alexis Martin Neely Another story of failed legal planning hit the news this week, as a single mother from California died during the birth of her fourth child leaving behind four little ones and no guardianship directives. To complicate things further, the father of these children is not (and has never been) in the…

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Have your parents made their financial plans?

The following article, by guest columnist Frank Bevenour, of Edward Jones in Rincon,appeared this week in the Effingham Herald, in the Savannah, Georgia area: As an adult, you’re fortunate if you still have your parents. However, as they get older, you may well have to assist them in some key areas of their life. Specifically,…

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Georgia Attorney Says Michael Jackson Custody Battle a ‘Dire Wakeup Call’ for Unprepared Parents

Georgia estate planning attorney Stephen Worrall is urging parents across the state to re-evaluate the status of their estate plans should they suddenly die or find themselves unable to care for their kids.  Worrall says free websites such as www.gakidsprotectionplan.com make it possible to do this even if parents can’t afford a lawyer. ATLANTA July…

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Celebrities Die Just Like the Rest of Us

My colleague and fellow estate planning attorney and blogger, Jennifer N. Sawday, of the California Estate Planning Blog and the law firm of Tredway, Lumsdaine & Doyle, LLP has written a post on the recent deaths of Michael Jackson, Farrah Fawcett and Ed McMahon. She has gotten some nice feedback on it in the blogging…

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Michael Jackson’s Will Filed with Court Today

David Shulman of the South Florida Estate Planning Law Blog has posted an excellent, concise and very timely discussion of, and a link to, the Last Will and Testament of Michael Jackson. As I have posted before, we can show you a will after someone's death because it is a public record. Unlike many, however,…

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