Whether you are suffering from a serious illness at the time you begin planning your estate or are diagnosed after the task has been completed, the fact that you have a chronic illness is relevant to the process. This is why it is vital to share this information with your estate planning...
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Nerd Wallet Article – Estate Planning: A 7-Step Checklist of the Basics
Here's what estate planning is and a handful of things you can do to get started.
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You don't have to be rich to need estate planning. Your estate includes everything you own, and it can be any size, which is why it can be worth taking time to...
How to Pick the Best Estate Planning Attorney for You
So, you’re ready to begin planning for your future or updating your existing estate plan and are seeking the very best estate planning attorney in your region for the job. Here are some pointers on how to make a wise choice when picking the right estate planning legal team to meet your...
How to Plan for Your Estate Planning
Like so many other areas of modern life, estate planning requires the knowledge and skill of a professional. Therefore, the most important step you can take in this process is choosing your estate planning attorney carefully, based on excellent credentials, testimonials, and personal recommendations. As you will see if you do careful...
Huffington Post Article: My Wife Of 51 Years Died. Here’s What I Learned About Grief That I Never Knew Before.
"I thought I was prepared for the death of someone I’d loved for more than half a century. I wasn’t."
By Richard Toth
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It was late August, a Monday evening. After supper, we took our mugs of tea out to the patio. We watched...
A New Baby Changes Everything, Even Your Estate Plan
As every parent knows, a new baby changes everything -- not only your daily routine, your sleep patterns, and your center of focus, but how you view the future that now includes this wonderful new person. Lots of alterations have to be made to your home, your car, and the essential documents...
AARP Article: How to Be a Good Executor of a Will or Estate
What to know about managing someone's final wishes
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by Sharon Waters, AARP
The wave of people prompted by the COVID-19 pandemic to write their wills is creating yet another wave in estate planning: all the people being asked to one day put those wills into effect.
What About Medicare?
There is a great deal of confusion about Medicare and Medicaid
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Medicare is the federally funded and administered health insurance program primarily designed for individuals age 65 or older. There are limited long-term care benefits that are available under Medicare. In general, if you are enrolled in a...
Estate Planning for Singles
In the recent past, it has become increasingly common for people to decide to remain single, whether as young adults, divorcé(e)s, widows, or widowers. Fortunately, in this day and age, this is a perfectly reasonable, acceptable decision.
At Surprenant & Beneski, P.C., we have extensive experience planning the estates...
Think you don’t need asset protection? Think again.
One of the rumors that seem to continue to grow on the estate planning grapevine is that you only need asset protection if you are a high-net-worth individual. In fact, the opposite is sometimes true because those with high assets typically have been well-advised to keep their assets safe.