Recent Blog Posts
Trademarking Could Prevent Some GI Bill Scams
The Servicemen’s Readjustment Act of 1944, which has come to be known as the GI Bill, was intended to offer a heartfelt thanks to the man and women who fought for freedom in World War II by funding their higher education. All too often, it has been used to dupe the very people it… Read More »
It’s Time To Get Veterans Off The ‘Hamster Wheel’
They say that justice delayed is justice denied. The same holds true for the benefits the men and women who served in the military are owed by this country for the sacrifices they made. The unconscionable backlog for the Department of Veterans Affairs to deal with disability claims and compensation amounts to denying those… Read More »
Visits With Aging Parents May Spur Concerns
When the holidays bring families together, sometimes worry is a byproduct of all that warmth. For the adult children of parents getting up there in years, a seasonal gathering might provide something of an unwelcome wake-up call, but one they need to heed nonethless. “Little things you can’t learn in a phone call can… Read More »
When it Comes to Wills: Details, Details, Details
When it comes to deciding who gets what in a will, no detail is too small. That includes silly little knicknacks and items of kitsch that mom and dad may have accumulated over the years, as families sometimes discover to their lasting dismay when no instructions exist on divying such things up among the… Read More »
Women and Estate Planning: A Natural, Necessary Fit
Women control more than half the wealth in the United States, and yet their role in estate planning has traditionally been small to nonexistent. That’s changing, and for more reasons than simply where a majority of the money rests. “Today’s women are a powerful financial force, accumulating, managing, and distributing more wealth than ever… Read More »
Benefits for Veterans Ought to be Automatic
It practically amounts to denying veterans of the benefits they deserve. “More than half of America’s veterans say they have little or no understanding of the benefits due them, despite efforts over recent years to match returning soldiers with the help and services they need,” according to a recent story by Chris Adams of… Read More »
Help Available Finding the Right Nursing Home
Few decisions are more gut-wrenching than having to find a facility in which to place a beloved elderly relative. Nursing Home (Photo credit: LOLren) Unfortunately, many nursing homes and other eldercare operations sometimes offer misleading information and exaggerated claims, about such things as staff training and the kinds of services available. Fortunately, there are… Read More »
Veterans Often ‘Need an Attorney for This Journey’
The men and women who fought for their country shouldn’t have to fight for what their country owes them. The sad fact is, though, that all too often they do. The laws and regulations governing the benefits for veterans have become so byzantine that it’s a road few want to travel alone. As singer-songwriter… Read More »
Specialized Courts for Veterans Can Help Reclaim Lives
Justice may be blind, but that doesn’t mean the people who administer courts can’t see the distinctions that exist between those who find themselves in legal difficulties. In the past two decades or so, specialized courts have been created to deal with drug offenders, those with mental illness and even prostitutes. After all, most… Read More »
Wise Estate Planning is Never One and Done
Sometimes it must seem as if plans devised for estate and investment planning are like city buses: another one will be along shortly, headed in a completely different direction. It is simply a fact, and admittedly a frustrating one for advisors and clients alike, that the world and people’s lives are changing so rapidly,… Read More »