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Estate Planning Today Must Include Digital Assets and Social Media

by John C. Martin | Jun 27, 2012 | Digital Assets, Estate Plan Maintenance, Estate Planning for Families

It wasn’t very long ago that we had only paper for financial and tax records. We could simply point to a file cabinet or drawer and tell someone, “Everything is in there when the time comes.” But now we have computers and the internet, and so much of our lives is...

The Most Important Love Letters You’ll Ever Write?

by John C. Martin | Jun 23, 2012 | Estate Planning for Families, Family Values and History

Many Americans have the misperception that estate planning is simply preparing for one’s death and is only necessary for the affluent. To the contrary, estate planning is as much about passing values to loved ones as it is about passing material possessions....

Planning Opportunities Available to Affluent Families

by John C. Martin | Jun 20, 2012 | Asset Protection, Estate Planning for Families, Trusts, Wills

With the $5.12 million per person exemption from federal estate tax ($10.24 million for married couples), most of the estate planning “talk” recently has been on the planning opportunities available to affluent families. However, the need for estate planning remains...

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