Beneficiary Designations While the law effectively takes your spouse out of your will upon your divorce, you have other assets which pass through beneficiary designations rather than through a Last ...
Divorce in Estate Planning Many states require that a spouse receive some part of property held during the marriage upon the death of the other spouse. A spouse’s share of ...
Preserving an Inheritance Although most of us plan to leave our loved ones with assets from our estate, sometimes expenses at the end of a person’s life deplete the estate ...
Estate Making Mortgage Payments While most creditors must file a claim in court in order to get payment from an estate if the estate refuses to pay, a mortgage company ...
Satisfying Creditors Bills from credit cards, utility companies, and mortgage companies will continue to be sent until the creditors are informed of the debtor’s death. Once creditors are informed of ...
Burial Expenses for Service Related Death The U.S. Department of Veterans’ Affairs pays up to $2,000.00 for burial expenses for service-related deaths on or after September 11, 2001. Some or ...
Veterans’ National Cemeteries in New York Every veteran and his/her spouse may be buried in a National Cemetery and may be entitled to a free cemetery plot, headstone, and perpetual ...
Veterans’ Burial Benefits Each veteran and his/her spouse who has been honorably discharged and has had one day of active duty is entitled to a free cemetery property, a headstone, ...
HIPAA Protects Patient Privacy The “The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996” (also known as HIPAA) is a Federal Law which protects patient information from being shared with ...
Pets Are Family While your pet may be your best friend, and may be more loving and reliable than most of your family members, when you die, your pets are ...