The big buzz about Aretha Franklin is the gold-plated casket, the Christian Louboutin patent leather shoes and the fact that she died without a will. The Queen of Soul’s four sons have filed a document that lists themselves as “interested parties” in her estate, according to an article from cbs.com…
Without the security of a spouse’s income, single parents must balance their children’s needs with their own retirement savings goals. Single parents who have to say no to their children over and over again, struggle with wanting to say yes when money is tight and there’s no room in the…
Some believe that Meghan McCain and her siblings will follow their father’s legacy of service. Questions about the estate he left behind are mostly known, as his family’s holdings were revealed by the opposition when he ran for the presidency. The challenge about John McCain is less about his estate,…
The old saying that the first generation builds the business, the second generation struggles to maintain it and the third squanders everything, is sadly, statistically true. However, creating a legacy might give you better odds of success. If you’ve been responsible and had an estate plan created, you are way…
It takes time to build a business, and it can take just as long to create a strong succession plan. Many business owners can’t imagine a life without the business they built, so they often postpone planning for their own retirement and the sale or transfer of the business. That…
What is the VA Pension Benefit? The Veterans Administration pension program provides monthly tax-free benefit payments to certain wartime Veterans or their surviving spouses who meet the financial and medical requirements. Claimants who are eligible for VA pension may also qualify for supplemental monetary payments, such as housebound or aid…
The cost of raising a child with special needs is easily twice that of an average child, and college costs are higher as well. Families with special needs children need to plan their child’s future carefully in many regards, and financial concerns are, by necessity, a big part of planning.…
Tuition refunds, K-12 education costs and rollovers to ABLE accounts for disability-related expenses, will now reflect recent tax law changes. New regulations that reflect changes from the 2015 Protecting Americans From Tax Hikes (PATH) Act, and the 2017 tax overhaul will be issued by The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and…
She says her father was suffering from Alzheimer’s disease, and that’s why he cut her out of the will. However, she also hadn’t seen or spoken to him for more than two decades. There’s a big estate battle brewing in Britain, where the 61-year-old daughter of Reg Grundy, Kim Robin…
There’s a saying about people who don’t have an estate plan created. They have a will, it’s just not the one that they want. Decisions are made by the state, and that includes who raises their kids. If you’ve got young children under the age 18, says CNBC in a…