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Estate Planning & Wills
If you want to control how your possessions and savings will be distributed after your death, you need to understand the basics of estate planning. More than anything, you need to understand how to execute a legal will. According to the American Bar Association, estate planning means getting the advice and expertise of a lawyer, financial planner, accountant and other professionals who can guide you through the process of making a will or setting up a trust for your assets.
5 Tips on Writing a Living Will
A living will can spare you from the indignities of unwanted medical care at the end of your life. It can also relieve your closest relatives from the stress of making end-of-life decisions by spelling out exactly how you want to be treated. Follow five basic steps to help you through the process of writing a living will.
What Is an Adoption Specialist?
Adoption can be a complicated process fraught with bureaucratic tasks. There is often the added complication of different states and countries having diverse requirements and laws pertaining to adoption. Adoption specialists are there to fill in the gaps of information and support people through the process.
What Is a Revocable Living Trust?
A revocable living trust is a document that an individual or a couple creates that designates the management and beneficiaries of assets. The document is similar to a will in that it is revocable, meaning that the parties creating it can modify or nullify it at any time. The parties creating the trust must give detailed instructions for the overseeing and distribution of all assets, including cash, property, insurance benefits, valuables, investments and other accounts.
Daily Baby: Gwyneth Reveals Post-Partum Depression, Ashlee's Dad Hitting Mag's Up for Cash
Gwyneth Paltrow reveals in the May issue of Vogue that she battled post-partum depression after welcoming her second child, son Moses, in 2006. “I didn’t know I had it until after it was over,” the actress, 35, says. “I just didn’t know what was wrong with meI felt really disconnected. I felt really down … I felt pessimistic.”