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5 Smart Ways To Pay For Your Funeral That Won’t Leave Your Family to Foot The Bill
By 5 West Legal | | Asset Protection, Estate Planning, Family Financial Planning, Life Planning
With the cost of a funeral averaging between $7,000 and $12,000 and steadily increasing each year, at the very least your estate plan should include enough money to cover this final expense. And if you are thinking of simply setting ...
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Anne Heche Dies With Conflict Around Her Will, Leaving Her Sons & Estate In Legal Limbo – Part 2
By 5 West Legal | | Celebrity Estate Planning, Estate Planning, Life Planning, Wills and Trusts
Actress Anne Heche died this August following a tragic car accident, leaving behind two young sons: Homer Heche Laffoon, age 20, and Atlas Heche Tupper, age 13. Last week, in part one, we covered the way uncertainty around Heche’s estate ...
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Anne Heche Dies With Conflict Around Her Will, Leaving Her Sons & Estate In Legal Limbo — Part 1
By 5 West Legal | | Celebrity Estate Planning, Estate Planning, Life Planning, Wills and Trusts
Actress Anne Heche died this August following a tragic car accident in which she plowed her vehicle into a West Los Angeles home, where it burst into flames. After being pulled from the wreckage, the Emmy Award-winning actress was hospitalized ...
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President Biden’s Student Debt Relief Plan Explained with FAQs
By 5 West Legal | | Asset Protection, Estate Planning, Family Financial Planning, Life Planning
This August, President Biden, Vice President Harris, and the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) announced a three-part plan to help low and middle-income families deal with the increasingly burdensome cost of paying for college, while also making the student loan ...
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