Nightmare On Elm Street Declining home prices and higher adjustable rate mortgage payments spell big trouble for some borrowers.
This Blog Has Moved!The Death and Taxes Blog has moved, and is now integrated into my website. Please click here to visit this blog at its new location. Note to subscribers: to continue to receive updates to this blog, you may need to...
Probate Act Project... And On To 2007I've finally finished Step 1 of my probate project -- posting the Illinois Probate Act in its entirety on my website, here. Next up: 1. Putting interactive probate forms for Cook County up on my site. [expected completion date: 1/07]...
Estate Planning Here are ten things you need to know about estate planning.
Taxes: Estate Planning You can't take it with you, but you don't have to give it all to the government either.
You And Yours Blawg On Beneficiary DesignationsI've been working on getting this blog transferred over to its soon-to-be new home, at www.jas-law.com, as well as trying my hand at some other types of writing, so posting will go down to 2-3 days a week for the...
Introduction To Powers Of Appointment, Part 1One of the unfortunate aspects of estate planning is the terminology. There are lots of words and phrases that sound the same, which can be confusing to laypeople. For instance, there are living wills and Wills -- these are two...
Organize Your Financial Life In 2007While it's not all estate planning-related, here's my plan for organizing your financial life, one month at a time, in 2007. Most of these items shouldn't take more than an hour to do. JANUARY: Start the new year off right,...
