• He Sold His Company for $1.2 Billion. He Died Without an Estate Plan,Casey Schwartz

    He Sold His Company for $1.2 Billion. He Died Without an Estate Plan

    If something happened to you tomorrow, would the people you love know what to do? Would they have the legal authority to do it? Most people think they have a plan, or at least that they will. What they rarely picture is what happens in the days and weeks before anyone can act: while the courts sort

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  • One Death, One Courtroom, One Child – and a Lesson Every Parent Needs to Hear,Casey Schwartz

    One Death, One Courtroom, One Child – and a Lesson Every Parent Needs to Hear

    You probably assume that if something happened to you, the other parent would step in and everything would work itself out. In many families, that’s true. But not always. Real life is messy. Parents separate. Relationships become contentious. Custody disputes drag on for years. And when a tragedy oc

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  • Here’s What Can Happen to Blended Families When a Spouse Dies,Casey Schwartz

    Here’s What Can Happen to Blended Families When a Spouse Dies

    If you are in a blended family, you may believe the simplest estate plan is the fairest one: “I’ll leave everything to my spouse. They’ll take care of my kids.” That approach often works in a first and only marriage. If you and your spouse share the same biological or adopted children, the surviving

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