If you have assets, young children, and/or a house you should have a will. So you have a will. That's great! Have you updated your will within the last two decades? If your will is more than 10 years old, you should consider updating it. Changes In Your Life As you grow older, the reasons for writing a will may have changed. You initially … [Read more...]
Retirement Planning Mistakes
Americans do not save enough money during the course of their working years to have the retirement life experience they have dreamed about. In a recent study by the Employment Benefit Research Institute, fifty-six percent of the workers interviewed stated that the total value of their household savings and investments, without including the equity … [Read more...]
Abuse of the Elderly for Financial Gain
In the year 2000, Howard Thomas suffered severe dementia. He also had terminal cancer. In early 2001, his daughter, who was his primary caretaker, took a short vacation. He was left in the care of a Nidia Thomas. While Mr. Thomas’s daughter was away, Nidia arranged for a $150,000 bank account in Mr. Thomas’s name to be retitled from his name to a … [Read more...]
