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May 5, 2024 by bob mason 3 Comments

Getting married? Again?

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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, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Estate Planning, Reader Favorites, Uncategorized Tagged With: elective share, estate planning, Prenup, wills, years allowance

September 20, 2021 by bob mason 7 Comments

Late Second Marriage?

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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 … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Banking, General, IRAs & Retirement Plans, Medicaid, Miscellaneous, Nursing Homes, Social Security, Wills (or Not!) Tagged With: estate planning, Medicaid, special needs trusts, wills

March 8, 2019 by bob mason

Living Trusts versus Wills: Which Is Better?

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 … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Trusts generally, Wills (or Not!) Tagged With: asset protection, living trusts, north carolina, revocable trusts, wills

July 14, 2012 by bob mason 21 Comments

“But Can She REALLY Do This, Bob?”

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 … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Banking, General, Mason Law Horror Stories!, Powers of Attorney, Trusts generally, Wills (or Not!) Tagged With: elder abuse, estate planning, Financial abuse, IRA, Irrevocable trusts, living trusts, powers of attorney, revocable trusts, Trusts generally, wills

August 30, 2011 by bob mason

10 Great Ways to Cause an Elder Law Train Wreck

Estate Plan Train Wreck # 1

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, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Advance Directives, General, Insurance, Medicaid, Medicare, Special Needs Planning, Trusts generally, Wills (or Not!) Tagged With: Elder Law Planning, estate planning, intestacy, Medicaid, Medicaid Planning, special needs trusts, Trusts generally, wills

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