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		<title>Late Second Marriage?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Aug 2011 17:21:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bob Mason</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tying the Knot? Or Just Moving In? A Famous Late Second Marriage! Considering a second marriage? For terribly unromantic reasons (I guess I’m the anti-cupid . . . darn lawyer!) you should plan carefully – very carefully – before going into a later-in-life second marriage. The religious prescription not to enter a marriage “unadvisedly or [...]]]></description>
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		<title>10 Great Ways to Cause an Elder Law Train Wreck</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Aug 2011 21:38:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bob Mason</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As an elder law and special needs attorney I get a track-side seat for a pile of planning train wrecks: Here are the best ones . . . This is a column for the contrarians among us who will insist, against mounds of advice, on creating maximum legal havoc. Here are ten great ways to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ONLINE ESTATE PLANNING COULD BE VERY EXPENSIVE</title>
		<link>http://masonlawpc.com/2011/05/online-estate-planning-could-be-very-expensive/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 May 2011 20:41:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bob Mason</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Robert (he’s the guy who defended OJ!) Shapiro’s LegalZoom, an active seller of do-it-yourself wills and other estate planning documents, is the target of a class action lawsuit in California charging that the company engages in deceptive business practices and is practicing law without a license. The lawsuit arose after an estate plan using LegalZoom [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Old Wills With New Problems &#8211; Coastal Senior, November 2007</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 10 Jan 2010 02:25:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bob Mason</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Coastal Senior is a monthly periodical published in Savannah, Georgia and circulated throughout the Georgia and South Carolina low country. Bob Mason is its legal columnist. Is your will from another century? Maybe even the first year or two of this century? If so, your older model estate plan may be getting poor mileage . [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Is a Living Trust For You? &#8211; Coastal Senior, October 2008</title>
		<link>http://masonlawpc.com/2010/01/coastal-senior-october-2008-is-a-living-trust-for-you/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 10 Jan 2010 02:16:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bob Mason</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Coastal Senior is a monthly periodical published in Savannah, Georgia and circulated throughout the Georgia and South Carolina low country. Bob Mason is its legal columnist. Down in the corner next to the obituaries sits the ad. The next day it pops up opposite the Opinions section. FREE SEMINAR! FREE LUNCH! PROTECT YOUR ASSETS! Then [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Living Trusts versus Wills: Which Is Better?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Jan 2010 23:02:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bob Mason</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Answer:  It Depends A Will is a document signed by a testator that meets the other formalities specified by North Carolina Law needed to pass probate property in the manner specified in the Will. The process of submitting a Will to the clerk of the superior court and proving to the clerk that the Will is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dying Without a Will &#8211; Intestacy</title>
		<link>http://masonlawpc.com/2010/01/dying-without-a-will-intestacy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Jan 2010 22:33:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bob Mason</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Many persons who have accumulated wealth during their lifetime die without a valid will. When this happens, the decedent&#8217;s property passes by intestate succession to the decedent&#8217;s heirs at law according to law. In other words, if you don&#8217;t have a will, the state will make one for you. All fifty states have laws of this sort. The North [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Changing a Will and Codicils</title>
		<link>http://masonlawpc.com/2010/01/changing-a-will-and-codicils/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Jan 2010 22:30:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bob Mason</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If a will is valid, it is effective until it is changed, revoked, destroyed, or invalidated by the writing of a new will. Changes or additions to an otherwise acceptable will can be most easily accomplished by adding a codicil. A codicil is a document amending the original will, with equally binding effect. Therefore, a codicil must be [...]]]></description>
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