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If We Both Die, When and How Should Our Kids Get Their Inheritance?
If you and your spouse died tomorrow, how should your kids receive their inheritance? Learn how to choose trustees, protect younger or vulnerable children, and decide when they should get control.
Aug 1712 min read


The Biggest Fear Isn't Dying. It's Losing Control.
For many of us, growing older isn't frightening because of wrinkles or gray hair. It's frightening because, little by little, those small indignities remind us that we're slowly losing control over the things we've taken for granted our entire lives.
Jul 282 min read


Is Your Parent's Amazon Shopping Normal — Or a Warning Sign of Aging?
Mom keeps ordering things online. Dad makes unusual financial decisions. When is it normal aging, and when is it a warning sign? Learn what families should know before a crisis happens.
Jul 204 min read


Your Living Trust Protects Your Things. You Are Not a Thing.
A Complete Estate Plan Protects More Than Property
Estate planning is not just about what happens after death.
It is also about protecting your choices while you are alive.
Jul 133 min read


Can Doctors Talk to Me About My Elderly Parent Without a HIPAA Authorization?
Most caregivers don’t realize they’ve become caregivers until they’re standing in a Costco aisle holding a box of adult diapers. A story about aging parents, HIPAA authorizations, and the quiet way caregiving changes a family.
May 173 min read


What is incapacity planning? (The ice cream sandwich metaphor)
Ice cream sandwich. Three flavors. One freezer. No one talks. Then the freezer breaks. And no one knows who's chocolate anymore. A Dirty Laundry definition about the sandwich generation and incapacity planning.
Apr 232 min read


What is the sandwich generation in estate planning?
The sandwich generation: anxious adults in their 40s-60s caring for aging parents and their own kids. But what happens when there's no partner? No sweetness? Just you. A Dirty Laundry definition for the peanut butter (no jelly) sandwich.
Apr 212 min read
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