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Protecting Your Children from Their Nightmares... and Yours

The article examines statistics regarding divorce in America and how to protect your children from divorce. It examines setting up a divorce protection trust for them as well as using a marital trust for second marriages for your own assets.

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Learn from Anna Nicole's Mistakes

The article examines Anna Nicole's Will and that she did not update it upon major changes in her life: death of a son, birth of a daughter, commitment ceremony to Howard K. Stern. It suggests that the reader learn from these mistakes and be sure to update their plan periodically.

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Waiting to Roth: Hidden Loophole for High-income Earners

The article explains a few different types of retirement plans and then looks at a loophole for high-income earners to make contributions to a non-deductible IRA now and then convert it to a Roth IRA in 2010, when income limits for such conversion are lifted.

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What Happens in My Initial Estate Planning Consultation?

This article describes what happens in the initial estate planning consultation, including the questions asked, the discussion of goals, etc. The article also references a CNNfn segment that talked about the importance of stringent continuing education requirements, like those of the American Academy of Estate Planning Attorneys.

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A New Way to Give

This article examines new opportunities for charitable giving directly from an IRA.

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Could Deficit Reduction Take Your Life Savings?

This article discusses how long-term care costs can be a major financial drain. It looks at how the changes in Medicaid law could make it much more difficult to plan. It stresses the need for pre-planning. It briefly looks at Income Only trusts as a potential planning option.

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The Problems of Giving Everything Away

This article examines a case of a woman who titles everything in the name of the children. It examines why joint title and giving everything away may not be the best course of action.

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