Legacy Notes
Estate planning insights, legal tips, and legacy wisdom from Attorney Brenda Bates.
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False Security: Is Your Will Legally Valid?
A last will and testament can ensure your wishes are respected when you die. But if your will isn’t legally valid, those wishes might not…
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Moving to A New State? Remember to Update Your Estate Plan
Although you likely won’t need to have an entirely new estate plan prepared for you, upon relocating to another state, you should definitely have your…
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Don’t Forget to Include Your Digital Assets In Your Estate Plan — Part 2
In the first part of this series, we discussed the importance of including your digital assets in your estate plan. Here, we’ll talk about the…
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Don’t Forget to Include Your Digital Assets In Your Estate Plan — Part 1
If you’ve created an estate plan, it likely includes traditional wealth and assets like finances, real estate, personal property, and family heirlooms. But unless your…
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Managing Your Digital Afterlife: A Guide To Facebook’s Legacy Contact
If you use Facebook to share, track, and report on important life events, it can provide an intimate snapshot of your life, and it can…
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5 Steps For Adding Digital Assets To Your Estate Plan
Although digital technology has made many aspects of our lives much easier and more convenient, it has also created some unique challenges when it comes…
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7 Events That Necessitate a Review of Your Estate Plan
Even if you put a totally solid estate plan in place, it can end up proving worthless if it’s not properly updated. Estate planning is…
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Overlooking This Basic Part of Your Estate Plan Can Be Tragic
The recent death of the CEO of QuadrigaCX, a major cryptocurrency exchange in Canada, demonstrates a basic, yet often-overlooked, tenet of effective estate planning: In…
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Your “Blended” Family Is Likely Headed to Court Unless You Do This
By Five West Legal If you have a blended family and do not plan for what happens to your assets in the event of your…
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Getting Divorced? Don’t Overlook These 4 Updates to Your Estate Plan—Part 2
Going through divorce can be an overwhelming experience that impacts nearly every facet of your life, including estate planning. Yet, with so much to deal…
