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Your IRA or Retirement Account When You Die

This is the first installment in a series that will be printed in this newsletter every third edition to describe the options and details for establishing an estate plan by the owner of these accounts. IRAs and employer sponsored retirement accounts (i.e., 401K, 403b, etc.) often hold a substantial portion

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You’ve Been Appointed as a Guardian or Conservator – Now What?

Massachusetts probate courts are seeing a steady increase of individuals petitioning for and being appointed as a guardian, conservator, or both, for elderly, disabled and minor individuals. Petitioning the court is the simple part; unfortunately, the requirements accompanying the appointment are not. As a result, many people are finding themselves in

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A Divorce for Co-Owners of Real Estate

What happens when you own a piece of real estate with someone else or a group of other people, but there is a disagreement on what to do with the property? Someone may want to sell, someone may want to rent, and someone else may want to use the property

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How Work Affects Your Social Security Benefits

There are a number of rules that apply to receiving Social Security benefits and receiving work income for the same time period. To understand these, first differentiate between receiving benefits under the Social Security insurance programs, as compared to receiving benefits under the needs-based program called Supplemental Security Income (SSI).  Insurance

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What Every Same-Sex Couple Should Know About DOMA

In June of this year, the Supreme Court overruled key provisions of the Defense of Marriage Act (“DOMA”), thereby eliminating the definition of marriage as one between a man and woman. Not only did this represent a tremendous victory for same-sex spouses and modern families across the country, but it

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Will My Child’s Divorce Affect My Estate Plan?

The divorce rate in the United States is currently about 50% of all marriages. Most parents do not want to see their estate assets go to a child’s divorced in-law in a marital property division even though they usually want their child, and their grandchildren, to benefit from their estate.

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Choosing Your Medicare Prescription Drug Provider

With the addition of prescription drug coverage under Medicare Part D in 2006, Medicare beneficiaries need to select an insurance company or other private company approved by Medicare to provide pharmaceuticals. How the provider is chosen will depend upon whether the beneficiary has original Medicare Part A and Part B

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