by Senior Scene | Jul 31, 2022 | Featured Article (04), Financial Advice, General Interest, Legal, Magazine
What should be considered when excluding a child in your estate plan? By Attorney Truman Scarborough Except for certain rights minor children have in the home, Florida Law does not require that any part of your estate go to your children. This is not the case with...
by Senior Scene | Jun 30, 2022 | Financial Advice, General Interest, Legal, Magazine, Top Story (B)
Can adding children’s names to property create problems? By Attorney Truman Scarborough In the last article, we looked at issues that should be considered before making outright gifts to children. Problems can also be encountered when children are made co-owners of...
by Senior Scene | May 31, 2022 | Financial Advice, General Interest, Magazine, Senior News, Top Story (B)
Affordable Housing, Part V by Joe Steckler President, Helping Seniors of Brevard In the past four articles in this series, I have highlighted an issue that affects many different age groups in our community. How many of you have noticed that we’re actually...
by Senior Scene | May 31, 2022 | Featured Article (05), Financial Advice, General Interest, Legal, Magazine
By Attorney Truman Scarborough A comprehensive description of estate planning would include the accumulation, preservation, and gifting of property. While most of our lives are devoted to the acquisition and preservation of assets, in time the focus shifts more to...
by Senior Scene | Apr 30, 2022 | Financial Advice, General Interest, Magazine, Senior News, Top Story (B)
What Is Probate? by Attorney Truman Scarborough This is the fifth in a series of articles on probate. When someone dies, assets titled just in the decedent’s name without beneficiaries are frozen. No one can sign the deceased person’s name on checks, deeds, etc. A...
by Senior Scene | Feb 28, 2022 | Financial Advice, General Interest, Magazine, Top Story (B)
Dying Intelligently By Max Valavanis, CFP Why should we talk about dying? Let’s see… everyone is going to the great blue yonder eventually, and almost everyone screws up the paperwork. It’s true, and most Americans die with their paperwork incomplete. So, let’s talk...
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