What We Can Learn From “The Will: Family Secrets Revealed”

October 05, 2012

Sometimes my job is really fun!!!  Today is one of those days.  I had the opportunity to check out a TV show before it airs.  That made me feel a little bit like a celebrity.  Here’s the story.  There’s a show on Investigation Discovery called The Will: Family Secrets Revealed and I had never seen the show before.  Because of our blog here, someone from the channel contacted us to let us know that Season 3 is starting soon and graciously allowed one of us to preview a few episodes.  Luckily for me, I was the one who got to do this.  I think I have a new favorite show and I’ll be DVR’ing the series now!  Continue reading “What We Can Learn From “The Will: Family Secrets Revealed””

Estate Planning for the Young, Single, and Not So Rich

October 27, 2011

When we think of estate planning, we usually think of something that only older, wealthy people do.  After all, how many of us think of ourselves as even having an “estate” to plan?  The fact is that if you own anything at all, you’ll have an estate when you eventually pass away.  The only question is what will happen to it. Continue reading “Estate Planning for the Young, Single, and Not So Rich”

Estate Planning: Governor Brown Has Enough To Do

October 10, 2011

Around the water cooler at the office yesterday, I was congratulating one of my co-workers on her child’s second birthday.  It seems like yesterday when she was pregnant, went into labor a few weeks early at work and we were all running around like chickens with our heads cut off so she almost needed to drive herself to the hospital!  It was something out of a “Three Stooges” comedy.  She made it to the hospital and everything turned out just fine. Continue reading “Estate Planning: Governor Brown Has Enough To Do”

Family Drama and Your Will

November 19, 2010

I recently had a meeting with a woman who said she had a “simple question” about wills.  She was the last person I was meeting with that day, so I relaxed and got mentally ready for a simple question which would be followed by a quick workout and dinner.  My brain was just about to get put into action jointly with my stomach with the goal being to figure out what to eat.  Just as soon as I finish this simple question.  At least that’s what I thought for a few seconds. Continue reading “Family Drama and Your Will”