Can adding children’s names to property create problems?

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...

Affordable Housing, Part V

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...

What is Probate?

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...

Brevard Homelessness

by Senior Scene | Mar 31, 2022 | Community, General Interest, Magazine, Senior News, Top Story (B)

Brevard Homelessness by Joe StecklerPresident, Helping Seniors of Brevard As I started to write this article, I thought about how long homelessness has been with us. This realization truly upset me. In the past, we viewed the merry band of Sherwood Forest and Robin...

Dying Intelligently

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...

What is Probate?

by Senior Scene | Jan 31, 2022 | Financial Advice, General Interest, Magazine, Top Story (B)

What is Probate? By Attorney Truman Scarborough This is the second in a series of articles on probate. When someone dies, assets titled just in the decedent’s name without beneficiaries are frozen. A Power of Attorney does not help, since it ends when the creator...