by Senior Scene | Jul 1, 2026 | Financial Advice, General Interest, Legal, Magazine, Top Story (C)
Who has to pay the bills when someone dies?By Attorney Truman Scarborough No one is obligated to pay a decedent’s debts unless he/she has agreed to be personally responsible. Payment of the decedent’s creditors is part of the probate process, with beneficiaries...
by Senior Scene | Jun 1, 2026 | Financial Advice, General Interest, Legal, Magazine, Top Story (C)
The Retirement Risk Nobody Wants to Talk AboutBy: Max Valavanis, CFP “I’m not going to a nursing home!” This is one of the most common phrases I hear when I meet with seniors. And I understand it. Nobody plans for long-term care, and no one wants to think about...
by Senior Scene | May 1, 2026 | Financial Advice, General Interest, Legal, Magazine, Top Story (C)
What is Probate? By Attorney Truman Scarborough This is the fourth in a series of articles on the probate process in Florida. In the prior articles we have discussed “Formal Probate”, which is required if the decedent died within the last two years and the assets to...
by Senior Scene | Apr 1, 2026 | Financial Advice, General Interest, Legal, Magazine, Top Story (C)
Guarding your Nest Egg:By: Max ValaVanis, CFP® Medieval kings built moats and hired knights to protect what they spent a lifetime accumulating. You probably don’t have a moat, but protecting your retirement assets requires just as much strategy. Often seniors come to...
by Senior Scene | Mar 1, 2026 | Financial Advice, General Interest, Legal, Magazine, Top Story (C)
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 dies....
by Senior Scene | Feb 1, 2026 | Financial Advice, General Interest, Legal, Magazine, Top Story (C)
What is Probate?By Attorney Truman Scarborough This will be the first in a series of articles on the probate process. 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,...
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