by Annette Hines | Jul 16, 2018 | General Interest
Spouse retains full rights to estate, unless there is a divorce. There were two deaths in the celebrity world recently that involved separations, highlighting a peculiar issue in estate law, according to Forbes in "Kate Spade, Anthony Bourdain And Estate...
by Annette Hines | Jul 13, 2018 | General Interest
Deductions for state and local taxes face a new limit. One of the more controversial changes in the new tax laws passed in late December, was that the itemized deduction for state and local taxes is now limited...
by Annette Hines | Jul 12, 2018 | General Interest
There are health benefits to being mentally and physically active. People seem to have no problem learning how to have fun, when they are young. However, that often disappears when they enter the work force and began living an adult life. However, when they...
by Annette Hines | Jul 11, 2018 | General Interest
There is a lot of paperwork involved in transferring property and it needs to be done correctly. Ownership of property must be traced from one owner to another. However, when someone passes away, things change. There is now property that needs to change...
by Annette Hines | May 22, 2018 | General Interest
May 22, 2018 I watch little television, but one show that Annette and I have enjoyed recently is “Speechless.” It is a half-hour comedy (but not a ridiculous comedy; rather, one well grounded in reality). The main character (JJ) is a high-school student with cerebral...
by Annette Hines | Apr 27, 2018 | General Interest
April 27, 2018 The next several blog posts will be about one of my favorite topics – incapacity planning! Not that I’ve got some morbid interest in the subject. And not that everyone gets all excited about it, either. (“Oh, boy, I’ve wanted to plan for my incapacity...
