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		<title>Prep Steps to Getting Your Estate in Order</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Dec 2009 22:16:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The best estate planning begins early and is usually sparked or adjusted by major transitions in life – when a marriage is beginning or breaking up, when a baby’s on the way, or when a major career change or inheritance increases an individual’s assets or the assets of an entire family. 
It’s important to coordinate [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Q&amp;A: Consider Making an Estate Check-Up a Multi-Generational Family Matter</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 May 2008 21:43:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Questionable estate planning has gotten some recent attention with the sudden death of actor Heath Ledger. The 27-year-old actor died suddenly this year with an older will that provided only for his parents and other immediate family – he never revised those documents to accommodate his young daughter or the child’s mother. 
 
Though Ledger’s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Estate Planning for the Worst Possible Scenario – The Death of Both Spouses While the Kids Are Young</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Apr 2008 10:39:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The reason why some parents hesitate to make an estate plan is understandable. It calls into consideration your worst fears – the possibility of your death or your kids facing life without one or the other parent. 
 
But what about an even worse scenario – the possibility that you and your spouse could die [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Are Accelerated Death Benefits a Good Backstop for Uninsured Health Care Costs?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 02 Mar 2008 11:58:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[At one point, the buzzword was “viatical settlements,” a practice of selling one’s active life insurance policy to a company that would pay the insured the estimated present value of the death benefit so uninsured healthcare costs and related expenses could be paid. Such settlements grew in popularity during the 1980s AIDS crisis, when insured [...]]]></description>
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		<title>It’s Time to Start Thinking About the Estate Tax Again</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Jan 2008 15:31:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Back in 2001, the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act triggered a gradual increase in the dollar threshold of estates subject to the estate tax. In tax years 2007 and 2008, estates valued at more than $2 million may be taxed as much as 45 percent, while in tax year 2009, the threshold will [...]]]></description>
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