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Daniel Surprenant and his sister, Michelle Beneski, never imagined their separate paths in law would eventually lead to them working together in the family business. Fate, however, had other plans. Following a winding road into other areas of law practice, the siblings found...
By Bob Carlson
We’re approaching a crossroad in estate planning, and those who might be affected need to take action before we reach it.
Few people today have to worry about federal estate and gift taxes, because of the high level of exemptions. But there’s a...
by: Christopher D. Wright, JD, CPA
Estate planning should be a fairly straightforward exercise in...
By: Abby Schneiderman, Contributor
My company recently did a survey with Quest Research Group in the wake of Covid-19 to find out how prepared people were if something were to happen to them. We asked 1,000 people how much planning they’d done in the past and if the pandemic...
Every second of every day an adult aged 65 or older falls in the United States. Every 12 seconds, one of these older Americans is admitted to the emergency department for a fall; and every day,...
by Amanda Singleton
The coronavirus pandemic has many people deeply concerned about their health and wondering what will happen to their loved ones if they contract the virus. For so many, the eventuality of death seems...
By: Christine Fletcher, Contributor
The reality of COVID-19 has forced many individuals to address the “what if” scenarios that were previously unthinkable, or at least the situations that no one ever wants to talk about or deal with.
Most of us have fortunately never dealt with...
By: Howard Gold
t’s best to wait until you’re 70 to start taking Social Security retirement benefits — even if it means tapping into your retirement assets at the bottom of a bear market. Why? Because the guaranteed, risk-free 8% annual Social Security benefit increase...
Whenever a Massachusetts resident passes away with over $1 million in assets, the state will impose an estate tax. The estate tax is progressive, and the highest estate tax rate is 16 percent. If you’re a resident of the Bay State and you’re interested in passing on as much of...
Most Americans do not have a Last Will & Testament or any type of estate planning document in place. The coronavirus pandemic has inspired many Southeastern Massachusetts residents to get their estate planning affairs in order. Whether you are finalizing your will, trust, health care proxy, advance health care directive,...
