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Tips for Dealing with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder

Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is a medical condition where the body experiences difficulty coping with severe stress. There are many triggers, but it is commonly diagnosed in combat Veterans. PTSD can also be caused by witnessing or living through shocking events such as accidents or crimes.

January 27, 2022

Apple’s Latest Update Helps Your Loved Ones Access Your Digital Assets After Death

We have discussed in previous articles the importance of digital asset planning, especially for those with valuable digital assets. Those plans contain instructions for an executor or agent under a power of attorney to access the private information if the circumstances warrant it.

January 26, 2022

Estate Planning for Professionals in Private Practice

Whether you are a solo practitioner or in a group practice, you need a solid plan in place to protect your family and business interests. These tips apply to many professionals – doctors, dentists, lawyers, accountants, therapists and other professionals in private practice.

January 24, 2022

The Role and Credentials of Estate Planners

The goal of estate planning is to help a client transfer assets to heirs in a financially-efficient manner. To do this successfully, an estate planner needs extensive knowledge in legal, tax, accounting and financial areas.

January 21, 2022

Make Sure Your Wishes Are Carried Out

The importance of making end of life preparations cannot be stressed enough. Many put off making these plans thinking there is always time. The sad reality is that none of us are guaranteed time.

January 20, 2022

IRS Changes that May Impact Your 2022 Estate Planning

The IRS has issued several new policy changes that may impact those creating or revising estate plans in 2022. The policies impact gift exclusions, long-term care insurance, child tax credits, charitable deductions and tax debt.

January 19, 2022

Initiating Hospice Care for Patients with Dementia

Unlike other serious and terminal illnesses, dementia related illnesses can be very difficult to determine whether and when hospice should be utilized. Illnesses involving cognitive decline do not follow the same stages of progression typically measured to determine whether hospice care is appropriate.

January 17, 2022

Estate Planning Tips to Protect Your Domestic Partner

The laws on same-sex marriage and cohabitation issues continue to change and evolve. As of 2012, Maryland law provides same sex couples who are married the same estate planning and estate preservation tools as heterosexual couples. The key phrase there being “who are married”.

January 14, 2022

Don’t Wait Until It Is Too Late

If you don’t have an estate plan, someone else starts making the decisions. Yet many still wait and wait and wait. People are aware that someone else makes the decisions about your estate if you don’t have an estate plan.

January 13, 2022

Estate Planning for Baby Boomers

The Wikipedia definition of a baby boomer is a person born between the years 1946-1964. This generation stereotypically possesses many characteristics such as being independent, having a strong work ethic and being very goal-centric.

January 12, 2022

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