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Getting married? Again?

May 5, 2024 by bob mason

Fred

Get a prenup! Get a will! You’ve been warned. Sally, now 82, has been with Fred, now 83, for 10 years. They married last year against the advice of her children, her minister, the neighbors, and every human within a 5-mile radius. Fred, something of a seedy character who …

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Late Second Marriage?

September 20, 2021 by bob mason

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Tying the Knot? Or Just Moving In? When a client tells me that he or she is considering a second marriage, for terribly unromantic reasons (I guess I’m the anti-cupid...darn lawyer!) I recommend that the client plan carefully—very carefully—before going into a later-in-life …

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Living Trusts versus Wills: Which Is Better?

March 8, 2019 by bob mason

Answer:  It Depends Recently a client asked me for my thoughts on Wills versus trusts. Wouldn't she have been surprised if I answered, "I really don't have any; whatever the client feels like." Of course, that is NOT the case. I am a lawyer, after all. In this article I'll …

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“But Can She REALLY Do This, Bob?”

July 14, 2012 by bob mason

Tales From The Mason Law Horror Files . . . Once Upon A Time . . . Margaret and Jim Anderson raised their three children, Princess, Bud and Kitten in the 1950’s and 1960’s in the Greystone area of Asheboro, North Carolina (a leafy post-WW II neighborhood of 3 and 4 bedroom …

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10 Great Ways to Cause an Elder Law Train Wreck

August 30, 2011 by bob mason

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 …

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