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		<title>Facing the BIG Picture</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We frequently urge you here on our blog to create the documents necessary to protect yourself in case of emergency, and to ensure that your family and loved ones know your wishes for health care if you are ever unable to make those decisions yourself. But a recent article on MSNBC reminds us that creating [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Most Important Plan You’ll Make</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Whether or not we do it regularly, all of us know how to plan ahead: We plan for travel and vacation, we plan weddings, and we plan for natural disasters, for retirement, or what to make for dinner tomorrow night. Why is it, then, that so few of us will create a plan to help [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.lawyerforseniors.com/the-most-important-plan-you%e2%80%99ll-make/</link>
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		<title>When and Why You Might Turn Down An Inheritance</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Would you ever turn down an inheritance?
Your first reaction might be “Of course not!” But don’t speak too soon. Most estate plans are created at least in part to protect heirs (generally spouses and children) from the sometimes devastating blow of estate taxes; but with the estate tax in a confusing state of flux this [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.lawyerforseniors.com/when-and-why-you-might-turn-down-an-inheritance/</link>
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		<title>10 Tips for Potential (or Existing) Trustees</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The creation of a trust and estate plan includes spending a certain amount of time choosing the people who will be your fiduciaries—the people who will carry out your wishes. One of the most important fiduciaries is your trustee, who is involved in just about every aspect of the administration of your trust. Most people [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.lawyerforseniors.com/10-tips-for-potential-or-existing-trustees-2/</link>
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		<title>News and Updates About the Estate Tax</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A month and a half into 2010 and Congress’ failure to stop the lapse in estate tax is still making waves. These two trusted news sources explain why having “no estate tax” this year should worry you.
One of the first reasons you should be worried, as revealed by this article in the Wall Street Journal, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.lawyerforseniors.com/news-and-updates-about-the-estate-tax/</link>
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		<title>The Question of Competence</title>
		<description><![CDATA[One of the things estate planning attorneys have to deal with in their line of work (most often with elderly clients) is the question of whether or not a client is competent to sign their legal documents. Every principal (or person executing the documents) must be competent, and most attorneys—most people—can make this assessment based [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.lawyerforseniors.com/the-question-of-competence/</link>
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		<title>Make Your Memoirs a Part of Your Legacy</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As members of a melting-pot nation, Americans place a high value on family stories and history. We love to know when and why our ancestors came to this country from “the home land”; but we also enjoy the simple stories about how mom and dad met, or how grandpa served in the military. These stories [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.lawyerforseniors.com/make-your-memoirs-a-part-of-your-legacy/</link>
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		<title>Living in a Digital World</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Do you have an e-mail account?
Do you participate in Facebook or other Social Networking sites?
Do you do any of your banking, bill paying or investing online?
If you answered yes to any of these questions then you might want to think about this next question&#8230; what will happen to all of your online assets and accounts [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.lawyerforseniors.com/living-in-a-digital-world/</link>
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		<title>What Does “Do Not Resuscitate” Mean to You?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Everybody seems to know (from popular TV shows, if nothing else) that DNR means “Do Not Resuscitate”, but do you know what “Do Not Resuscitate” means in your own personal healthcare directive or living will? Too often, when talking with clients about the healthcare documents in their estate plans, they don’t know the extent of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.lawyerforseniors.com/what-does-%e2%80%9cdo-not-resuscitate%e2%80%9d-mean-to-you/</link>
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		<title>The Importance of Being Earnest</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Do you have a will or a trust?
Has your will or trust been reviewed or updated in the past 3-5 years?
If you answered yes to these questions then you are two steps ahead of 2/3 of the rest of Americans. But the next question is the big one:
Does your family or executor know where your [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.lawyerforseniors.com/the-importance-of-being-earnest/</link>
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		<title>Part of the Family: Planning for Pets</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Creating an estate plan often involves serious discussion with your advisors about tax planning, asset protection, and charitable giving; but it is important to remember that at its core, estate planning is about protecting your family—and as this article in the Wall Street Journal reminds us, for many people the word “family” also includes our [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.lawyerforseniors.com/part-of-the-family-planning-for-pets/</link>
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		<title>Another Kind of “Bucket List”:  the New &#8220;Carry-Over Basis&#8221; Rule</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Among the many changes in tax law to go into effect in 2010 was the change in cost basis for inherited assets. Previously, all inherited assets were “stepped-up” from their original value at date of purchase to their fair market value at date of death. In this way, if inherited assets were sold shortly after [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.lawyerforseniors.com/another-kind-of-%e2%80%9cbucket-list%e2%80%9d-the-new-carry-over-basis-rule/</link>
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