Restrictions that seem reasonable during life can backfire after death.
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Online tools promise to democratize estate planning and will preparation, but users are responsible for complying with state laws.
Courts have had to consider whether an eggshell, a tractor fender, a petticoat hem, graffiti on a wall, and a poem might be valid wills. They’ve shown surprising flexibility in judgment.
What happens to your Facebook account, your iTunes purchases and your email messages when you die?
Medicaid, a state-federal entitlement program that people associate only with the poor, pays for care for more than six in 10 nursing home residents. That could be you, or someone you love.
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