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The Ins and Outs of Probate

Probate is a court process set up to assure that upon one’s death, assets get distributed to the people in one’s will (or in absence of a will, to one’s legal heirs), creditors get paid, and disputes...

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Estate Planning: Property Taxes

It’s that time of year again, when homeowners pay their annual property taxes … Happy holidays! This year we are faced with two things we don’t want to think about in these tough economic times: taxes...

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Planning for Your Pets

You may have put the rest of your affairs in order, but have you made plans for your pets? Hopefully, by now you have created a basic estate plan by doing the following: Signing Durable Powers of...

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The Family Vacation Home

How do you successfully pass the family vacation home on to your children? As a foothills estate planning attorney, I have clients with beautiful vacation homes in Twain Harte, Pinecrest, Strawberry,...

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Why Gay Couples Should Get Married – The Sooner the Better

We all have gay friends or relatives, whether we know it or not, and many share life with a partner. After a historic U.S. Supreme Court decision opened the matrimonial door for California same-sex...

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Estate Planning: College Prep – The Unexpected Kind

You get a call in the night. Your college-student daughter has been seriously hurt and is unconscious. You jump in your car and set out for the hospital, fully expecting to talk to the doctors, sign...

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Practical Tips for Special Needs Planning

In honor of “Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month,” proclaimed by President Ronald Reagan in March 1987, this issue of The ElderCounselor™ examines the unique planning requirements of families...

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Special Needs Trusts: The Current Law and Pending Legislation

  Introduction Individuals with special needs often face “quality of life” challenges compared to those without special needs.  Many times individuals with special needs require added expenses to meet...

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Estate Planning: California’s Take on the Right to Die

Brittany Maynard’s assisted suicide has again placed a spotlight on the right to die. Stricken with terminal brain cancer, the 29-year-old Californian moved to Oregon to take advantage of that state’s...

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Who Can And Can’t Inherit Your Guns?

Like many of us, you’re a sportsman. You hunt, target shoot and over many years have put together a valuable collection of firearms. There’s that .45 semi-automatic, a couple of deer rifles, a...

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