There are times when even though you are in the middle of thorough research, you can miss the larger point. We have been writing a fair amount about retirement and
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Divorce Lawyers Facing Their Own Navigation Issues as Social Security Veers Off Course.
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It’s an unfortunate week to make the comparison but it is an apt one for the very reason we saw as the tragedy in Baltimore unfolded early Tuesday morning. Then…
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We live in a day when we are bombarded with theories, ideas and prognostications about retirement. It’s a vitally important topic and worthy of some careful study. Unfortunately, the quality…
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If you have been reading the news lately, we have seen lots of electronic ink spilled over entitlement programs, especially Medicaid and its role in health care reform. Meanwhile, the…
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Projecting Returns When Crafting A Divorce Settlement
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Ours is an age where hyperbole has not only become accepted, it is almost universally embraced as a part of American culture, and among the chief advocates of hype is…
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The Defined Benefit Pension Crisis Is Here And Very Real
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This is not a major news story for most Americans, but if you participate in a defined benefit retirement plan, one where you are due to receive regular payments of…
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Reverse Mortgage Redux
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This is not a money management blog but what we increasingly find is that many divorce clients simply “trusted” that their resources would be sufficient to carry them through retirement.
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DIVORCE AND ADULT CHILDREN: THE 12TH PLAYERS ON THE FIELD
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In April, 2014 the Federal Reserve Bank in St. Louis published a monograph on financial status of older Americans. It corroborated a trend that has been evolving for several decades.
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A Lesson in Paying Attention to Estate Documents and Designations
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We were consulted recently by a personal representative of an estate concerning the decedent’s death beneficiary of his 401(K) retirement plan. The decedent had married before ERISA became law, but…
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“GRAY” DIVORCE AND THE ISSUES THAT CAUSE IT
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The rate divorce among couples in their 50’s or older has grown so much in recent years that it has earned its own moniker: gray divorce. A recent article in …
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