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estate planning news article by Money magazine

Money Magazine: Being There for your Partner Beyond your Lifetime

As a married couple, you have a responsibility to imagine the unthinkable with your spouse. It takes trust to talk about death with someone and relationships deepen as trust is granted.

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online wills in Arizona

Online Wills in AZ: More Trouble than it’s Worth?

In 2019, Arizona’s Gov. Doug Ducey signed into law  House Bill 2656, which gives us here in Arizona…

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pediatric organ donation for kids

Toddler Death Highlights Need for Pediatric Organ Donation

You may remember back in 2016 a small young boy was tragically attacked and killed by a wild…

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National Health Care Decisions Day

National Healthcare Decisions Day

Each year on National Healthcare Decisions Day, I write about how having a Living Will and a Healthcare…

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Naming a guardian for your children

Should You Name the Same Person Guardian and Trustee for Your Minor Children?

One of the hardest decisions parents make is who to appoint guardian of their minor children in case…

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Estate planning during pandemic

How to Avoid Taking On the Medical Debts of Parents or other Relatives

This month ABC 15 shared a story about a Valley man who lost 10 family members to COVID…

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Kobe Bryant and Vanessa Bryant lessons on estate planning

What Kobe and Vanessa Bryant Taught Us About Estate Planning

This week marked the one year anniversary of Kobe Bryant’s tragic death in a helicopter accident that also…

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NFL Arizona Cardinals Larry Fitzgerald revised his will due to COVID

Cardinals Larry Fitzgerald Revised Will Due to COVID

Here is a sentence that will stop you in your tracks and make you think: “[Larry] Fitzgerald is a…

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what is a power of attorney

What is a Power of Attorney and Why It’s Important, Especially Now

With the COVID virus starting to make a second surge across the United States, including here in Arizona,…

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chronic illness estate planning

Chronic Illness & Estate Planning

Sean Connery passed away in his sleep at age 90 after suffering from dementia. One in three seniors…

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Why should you update your estate plan

9 Reasons to Update Your Estate Plan, 2022-2023 Edition

Examining and potentially updating your estate plan may be called for this year more than ever. Estate plans…

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9-11 Patriot's Day

Why Patriot’s Day is a Reminder to Plan

“On this day… 19 years ago 246 people went to sleep in preparation for their morning flights. 2,606…

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