Estate Planning News

The following is a guest post by Bryan Olson, CFA, Vice President, Head of Portfolio Consulting for Charles Schwab & Co., Inc.

The former premier of Quebec, Jacques Parizeau. Jacques Parizeau opens his new book, La souverainete du Quebec, by declaring: "I am approaching my 80th year." In the pages that follow, what the aging separatist warrior offers is not the impassioned rallying cry his devoted troops might have hoped for but a political will and testament.

Michelle Barillaro has joined Hickory Construction Inc. as project coordinator. She previously was a project manager at Architectural Services Group.

Many people give their time and money to charities on a daily basis but when it comes to estate planning, those same organizations are sometimes overlooked.

Estate planning attorney Terri Hilliard Olson and financial strategist and special care planner Arkady Milgram will offer a free seminar on estate and financial planning for parents of special-needs children.

A golfing buddy of Michael's turns him on to a hair-growth pill, and Jay insists that she and Michael see an estate planner.

It was when David Gross got out of the van he volunteered to drive for McKenna's Wagon, taking food to the homeless throughout Washington, that he had a "paradigm shift" about what he thought of homeless people.

The Estate Planning & Community Property Law Journal has announced the program for its 2010 Seminar to be held on February 5, 2010 at the Texas Tech University School of Law.

ESSEX JUNCTION, VT November 18, 2009 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Estate Planning Attorney Stephen A. Unsworth has been named to 2009 Super Lawyers for the third consecutive years by Minneapolis-based Law & Politics Publishing.

Portrait of actress Farrah Fawcett, January 1980. Actor Ryan O'Neal says he has no problems with the fact he was left out of longtime companion Farrah Fawcett's will, insisting he doesn't need the cash.

The State Bar of California Trusts and Estates Section is in the midst of presenting free seminars by attorneys from your area who have been specifically trained for what is called the Educating for Seniors Project.

A Houston jury took less than 40 minutes to return a verdict upholding the last will of philanthropist and oilman Alfred Glassell Jr.

You've worked hard to accumulate assets and you know that the best way to preserve them and pass them on to your heirs is through an estate plan.

Sun National Bank's wealth management business is off to a slow start thanks to the recession, but executives at the Vineland, N.J., bank say they remain committed to the business.

A free seminar on estate planning for the elderly will be held Wednesday in Portsmouth, N.H. The event will feature a panel that includes an attorney, a social worker and a University of New Hampshire professor.

John T. Bannen and Kristen A. Occhetti have published their article entitled Health Savings Accounts: The New Asset on the Estate Planners' Checklist , Prob.

Published on Monday, Nov. 09, 2009 6:17AM EST Last updated on Monday, Nov. 09, 2009 1:18PM EST N o one likes to make plans for an untimely death, particularly for it striking tragically at a young or middle age.

After an American soldier died in Iraq five years ago, his father wanted to save copies of his son's e-mails sent through a Yahoo! account.

Will and trusts are key documents in planning for transfer of assets upon death to desired beneficiaries, just as powers of attorney, living wills and healthcare surrogate designations are important documents during life.

Upon Katherine Jackson withdrawing her objections to the current Michael Jackson estate administrators, Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Mitchell Beckloff has formally appointed John Branca and John McClain to the positions designated by Jackson in his will.