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If you have a 401(k), IRA or other type of retirement or financial account, it may be possible to attach a beneficiary designation to it. This allows family members or others in Indiana to inherit any money that was in those accounts when you pass. However, it is...
With the seemingly endless in-fighting among members of Congress making the headlines recently, you may have missed the news of a law intended to provide some long-overdue savings and retirement reforms that passed late last year. The Setting Every Community Up for...
If you're the executor for a loved one's estate, one of your responsibilities likely involves unloading all of the belongings in their home. Often, people will designate in their will that their belongings be sold and the proceeds go back in to their estate to be...
Your daughter has started college. She spends her first winter break at her roommate's family's home in Vermont and suffers a concussion on the ski slopes. As you try to talk to the doctor treating her, you learn that since she's 18, you have no right to any medical...
When you create a durable financial power of attorney, you create a document that grants someone, called an agent or an attorney-in-fact, the power to manage your financial affairs. Unless you limit the legal power you grant this person, he or she will be able to...
Senior citizens seem to be inundated these days with ads for reverse mortgages. Many TV ads feature actors trusted by older people. While reverse mortgages can provide seniors with needed income, they also have disadvantages. Even if you avoid the reverse mortgage...
You're the executor of a parent's or another loved one's estate. They've left money to some family members, others they were close to and charitable organizations.Your loved one was generous in life and death. You know for a fact that they lent money to one or more of...
Many people like to downsize as they reach retirement age. With the kids out of the house, they do not need nearly as much space. They want to get rid of the clutter they have gathered over the decades. They may want to move into a neighborhood with additional...
On behalf of on Sunday, October 28, 2018.Planning for the future can be an intimidating task because it means realizing that your health and lifestyle will change over time. This is a primary reason why so many people continually put off...