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Estate Planning

What Types Of Trust Are Out There?

James, I was talking with a friend at church she and her husband just made a family Trust. Is that different from a living trust? ...
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Probate

How Can We Keep This Out of Probate?

Justin, my dad recently passed away, and my mom has been hit with a surprise that we don’t know how to handle.  She recently received ...
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Asset Protection

What If It’s Just Us?

Lindsey, my wife and I don’t have any children? Who will receive our assets once we are gone? – Jared Jared, if you have a ...
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Medicaid Benefits

Does Mom Need An Attorney To Get On Medicaid?

Melissa, my father just passed away, and my mother is going to live in a nursing home.  All Mom has is her home, a couple ...
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Estate Planning

What Are The Options For Dad’s Care?

James, dad’s health has been failing for the last few years but has been able to live on his own up until now. I am ...
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Estate Planning

What Ancestry Surprise?

Lindsey, my husband recently submitted his DNA to learn more about his ancestry. In the process he discovered he had a daughter he had never ...
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Veterans Benefits

Are There Programs To Help With Home Care?

Justin, My name is Pam and I am a long-time reader of your column.  I am writing about my mother, Geraldine.  She lives at home ...
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Medicaid Benefits

Marital Assets and Medicaid

James, My friend’s wife just had to have her husband admitted to a nursing home and she was told that she would need to spend ...
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Asset Protection

What If I Don’t Have a Plan?

Lindsey, if I pass away, what happens to my family if I don’t have an estate plan?             – Laney Laney, Arkansas law actually does provide ...
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Probate

What Is So Bad About Probate?

Lindsey, I keep hearing that I need a trust to avoid probate, but what exactly is probate and why is it so bad? – Jamie ...
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