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LEGISLATIVE ALERT: The SECURE Act & How It Affects Retirement and Estate Planning Today the Senate passed The SECURE Act as part of its grand spending package. The acronym stands for Setting Every Community Up for Retirement Enhancement. Now that the bill has passed both the House and the Senate with broad bipartisan support, the […]
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DGVE law’s March workshop featured a checklist for dusting off your old estate plan. Here are some details to help you evaluate whether your plan will do what you need, and when. My legal documents were drafted by a Massachusetts attorney following a review of my family and financial circumstances and a personal consultation with me to clarify my […]
Read MoreThe more cynical amongst us would say, by all means, please do your own estate plan! That is my retirement plan with guaranteed future work to untangle the inadvertent messes.I’m still holding onto hope that people will listen to us when we caution you that: there is more to estate planning than “verbiage” it requires […]
Read MoreThe 3 Nor’Easters we’ve had in the past 10 days or so here on the South Shore and around the Boston area remind us how important it is to be prepared for whatever life may throw at us. You might fill water bottles, ready flashlights, pile on blankets, stock firewood, or gas up the car, […]
Read MoreHarper Lee’s Last Will and Testament unsealed and made public
Read MoreWe’ll help you come out of this tax season feeling relieved and in control instead of confused and disorganized.
Read MoreTime for “The Talk The idea of confronting our parents’ mortality is indeed difficult, but this is a conversation (or series of conversations) that is crucial to you and your family’s well-being. We are so used to being cared for by our parents that the transition to becoming their caregiver often sneaks up on […]
Read MoreBack, back & I’m glad I’m back! [Sorry, I’ve had that sung to the tune of the Mighty Mighty Bosstones “He’s Back” in my head for days now.] I’ve badly neglected my blog the past couple months while I’ve been busy with myriad other things competing for my attention. And while I’ve drafted several great […]
Read MoreFirst and foremost let us observe that there are legally permissible strategies that enable us all, if we so choose, to reduce the amount of taxes we owe to our state and/or federal government. As with all other laws, the tax code is a highly politically-charged creation and subject to frequent and widespread changes. Depending […]
Read MoreThe following is a great post by another attorney-mama who blogs regularly over at “Don’t Mind the Mess where this originally appeared.” Here Jess wears both her lawyering and parenting hats and shares her recent experience of seeking and obtaining priceless peace of mind by completing her family’s estate plan. Feel free to congratulate […]
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