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There is often a social stigma surrounding organ donation. The DMV and other organizations promote the importance of donating your organs. It seems so simple to complete the short form and have the pink dot put on your driver’s license, why wouldn’t everyone do it? But is the decision really so easy

It seems to me there has recently been a lot of news coverage about Facebook and specifically what happens to your page when you die… Your Facebook page after your death: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dori-hartley/death-on-facebook_b_1459107.html A new service to let you “social media”  from beyond

The Mega Millions lottery recently reached $656 million dollars. Currently, it is being reported that three tickets were sold with the winning numbers: 2-4-23-38-46 and had the Mega Ball 23. One winner has come forward from Kansas, an Illinois ticket is still outstanding and the third ticket was sol

It’s that time of year where someone can say one word and it makes your skin crawl…taxes. While we know it comes up the same time every year, we sit and procrastinate on doing them. This method works for most, but generally speaking, we have the system down for what needs to be filed. For [...]

While a Will may not be enough in California, many people do still rely on distributing their property at death through a Will. In a prior blog, we mentioned when a person dies without a Trust, and owns in excess of $20,000 in real property or $100,000 of collective personal and real property, the e

For those of you who watch Desperate Housewives, Sunday’s episode was very sad as everyone gathered for the funeral of Mike Delfino.   As I was watching Sunday’s episode they flashed back to a scene where Mike and his wife Susan were discussing their wills; they had just had one drawn up, and Susan

Well, the answer depends on whether or not you have taken steps to write your wishes down in a will or trust, or do any other advanced planning.  Many of us intend to one day set aside the time to get our affairs in order and have an estate plan drawn up to make sure [...]

Well, the answer depends on whether or not you have taken steps to write your wishes down in a will or trust, or do any other advanced planning.  Many of us intend to one day set aside the time to get our affairs in order and have an estate plan drawn up to make sure [...]

While a Will may not be enough in California, many people do still rely on distributing their property at death through a Will. In a prior blog, we mentioned when a person dies without a Trust, and owns in excess of $20,000 in real property or $100,000 of collective personal and real property, the e

And the Oscar goes to….? First I would like to congratulate all of the winners of the 84th Annual Academy Awards, http://oscar.go.com/, what an amazing honor to win an Oscar. Admittedly, I did not actually watch the Academy Awards this year, but I have been following all of the hype in the news, esp