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Bequests: Leaving Specific Gifts in Your Will
A Last Will and Testament – or Will – is a document that allows you to designate how your estate will pass after your death. Your lawyer will draft different clauses in your Will that are required to...
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Planning for Probate: Where’s the Deed to the House?
I had a conversation with a friend last night about the inevitability of death. We had been discussing her decision to inquire about pre-paid funeral plans and the Probate lawyer in me started running...
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Last Will and Testament in Connecticut
Still on hiatus folks … here’s an earlier post about a Last Will and Testament … Where There’s a Will, There’s a Way Posted By Irene C. Olszewski, Esq. on April 21, 2010 “In this world nothing can be...
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Choosing the Right Executor
As part of your Last Will and Testament, you will name someone to be your executor. After your death, the executor is the person who will handle the process of opening an estate in the Probate Court...
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A Living Will Versus a Last Will and Testament
People often seem to confuse a Living Will with a Last Will and Testament. The simple difference is that a Living Will (also known as Advance Directives) comes into play while you’re alive but a Last...
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Planning for Your Last Will and Testament
When clients call to schedule a consultation regarding a Last Will and Testament, I send them a questionnaire to assist them in planning the document that I will ultimately draft. When we meet, we...
View ArticleHave You Planned for Your Retirement?
The U.S. Department of Labor reports that the average American will spend an average of 20 years in retirement! That’s a long time to have to support yourself without employment. It is estimated that...
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Why Unmarried Couples Should Have a Will
At least half of the calls I receive are from someone who cohabited with another person who recently died. In those cases, the couple did not choose to marry. That’s okay, marriage isn’t for...
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New Year’s Resolution: Have Your Will Drafted
It’s a new year, folks. If you’re like the average person, you’ve been putting off plenty of things until tomorrow that really should have been done yesterday. Perhaps you made a list of New Year’s...
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3 Reasons to Have Your Lawyer Draft a Will
Ben Franklin got it right when he said, “In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes.” I’ll ignore the latter for now. It’s the inevitable death that I want to address in...
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