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		<title>Naming A Trust As IRA Beneficiary: Great Idea? Bad Idea?</title>
		<link>http://masonlawpc.com/2011/10/naming-a-trust-as-ira-beneficiary-great-idea-bad-idea/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 02 Oct 2011 21:34:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bob Mason</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[According to conventional wisdom you should always name your spouse as beneficiary of an IRA. Let’s smash some traditional pumpkins (I am writing this in October, after all). Read on to understand why it might be a great idea to name a trust as the beneficiary of an IRA and what some of the trade-offs [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sole Benefit Trusts and Special Needs Trusts</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Sep 2011 22:10:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bob Mason</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A Sole Benefit Trust is an often neglected yet important type of Special Needs Trust that can be useful in planning for certain categories of individuals with disabilities. For example, a “Sole Benefit Trust” can be a useful solution for a disabled grantor who wishes to protect funds intended for a loved one with disabilities [...]]]></description>
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		<title>10 Great Ways to Cause an Elder Law Train Wreck</title>
		<link>http://masonlawpc.com/2011/08/10-ways-to-cause-an-elder-law-train-wreck/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Aug 2011 21:38:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bob Mason</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Wills (or Not!)]]></category>
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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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		<category><![CDATA[Will forms]]></category>
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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>AVOID THIS COMMON BANKING ERROR</title>
		<link>http://masonlawpc.com/2011/02/avoid-this-common-banking-error/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Feb 2011 19:56:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bob Mason</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[elder abuse]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Many people make big mistakes titling bank and investment accounts. Often advisors and bankers advise customers to “put your child’s name on the account” or to set the account up as a “pay on death” (or “POD”) account. However well-intentioned the advice, the results of either approach to titling an account can be surprising and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Putting The Beach House In A Trust &#8211; Coastal Senior, August 2008</title>
		<link>http://masonlawpc.com/2010/01/putting-the-beach-house-in-a-trust-coastal-senior-august-2008/</link>
		<comments>http://masonlawpc.com/2010/01/putting-the-beach-house-in-a-trust-coastal-senior-august-2008/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 10 Jan 2010 17:39:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bob Mason</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Coastal Senior is a Georgia monthly periodical covering the South Carolina and Georgia low country.  Bob Mason is its legal columnist. Vacation property and “second homes” – whether in the mountains or at the beach – present a number of legal and tax planning opportunities. First, consider probate avoidance, particularly if the property is located [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What is a Special Needs Trust?</title>
		<link>http://masonlawpc.com/2010/01/what-is-a-special-needs-trust/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 09 Jan 2010 01:12:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bob Mason</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A Special Needs Trust, also referred to as a Supplemental Needs Trust, is a trust specially designed to hold assets on behalf of a disabled individual in a manner that will benefit the individual without jeopardizing that individual’s SSI, Medicaid or other government benefits. Further, transfers in to a properly designed Special Needs Trust (also referred [...]]]></description>
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