by Somita Basu to Estate Planning, Trusts
Legendary rocker, Tom Petty, passed away in October 2017 from an accidental overdose. The world mourned the loss of a great talent and yet another musician gone too soon. Tom Petty had an estate plan (surprised?) in place that...
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by Somita Basu to Estate Planning, Probate, Wills
It’s time to revisit the Estate of Aretha Franklin. Ms. Franklin passed away in August 2018 without a will. But wait – new information has come to light about multiple wills that Ms. Franklin wrote before she died. According...
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by Somita Basu to Estate Planning
The death of legendary director, John Singleton, yesterday at the young age of 51 was a blow to so many of us for whom his work was a rite of passage. I know I can remember exactly where and...
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by Somita Basu to Estate Planning, Other Issues
Everyone thinks they have the most enduring perfect love story ever – especially when they’ve been married for decades (plural). But what happens when the personality you married and loved for all those years disappears in front of your...
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by Somita Basu to Estate Planning
We all like surprises, right? Well, we all like GOOD surprises. One of the worst surprises is finding out that the service you thought you paid for actually requires you to cough up again. It’s nickel and diming and it...
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by Somita Basu to Estate Planning
Look folks, adulting is hard. It doesn’t matter if you’re 19 or 59. Functioning as a responsible contributing member of society (and maybe helping your offspring do the same) is a difficult ask. I know it’s too late for...
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by Somita Basu to Estate Planning, Trusts, Wills
If you’re old like me, you may not be familiar with rapper Mac Miller. Miller, just 26 years old when he died earlier this month, had his first album debut at number 1 on the music charts in 2011....
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