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Ho Ho How Can You Gift This Holiday Season?

Dec 16, 2021
4 min

Ho Ho How Can You Gift This Holiday Season?

Annual Gift Tax Exclusion In 2021, you may gift property and/or cash with a value of up to $15,000 to a person without the gift being...

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Jun 25, 2021
4 min

Fair Versus Equal: Who Gets the Farm?

Often when we meet with a married couple with children, one of the parents will tell us that she wants the estate administration and...

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Bloody Eyeballs: Who Will Make Health Care Decisions for You if You Can’t?

Wilcox & Myers, P.C.

Mar 18, 2021
5 min

Bloody Eyeballs: Who Will Make Health Care Decisions for You if You Can’t?

When I was a young attorney of around 25 (YEARS ago), I remember an older client telling me that she did not want to provide the hospital...

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Wilcox & Myers, P.C.

Feb 2, 2021
2 min

Monetizing a Meme

No doubt everyone reading this has seen at least a portion of this photograph of U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont), if not in its...

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Wilcox & Myers, P.C.

Jan 15, 2021
4 min

Closets Aren’t Just for Clothes!

Beauty products, coins, duplicate tools, duplicate purses, ketchup packets, mostly empty bottles of Viagra, newly discovered family...

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At Peace: Choosing a Good Death after a Long Life by Samuel Harrington, MD

Wilcox & Myers, P.C.

Nov 20, 2020
4 min

At Peace: Choosing a Good Death after a Long Life by Samuel Harrington, MD

Programming note: When we have brainstormed about future blog topics in our firm we often end up thinking “that’s too depressing!”. Many...

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Wilcox & Myers, P.C.

Oct 30, 2020
3 min

Legal DIY: A Cautionary Tale

One day I met with a new potential client. She greeted me and slid a stack of estate planning documents across the table and asked me if...

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Wilcox & Myers, P.C.

Oct 16, 2020
3 min

So You Don't Know Any Unicorns...

So you and your family have read our blog and now either no one wants to be a fiduciary listed in your estate plan, or you don’t want to...

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Wilcox & Myers, P.C.

Oct 9, 2020
5 min

No Good Deed Goes Unpunished!

Several years ago, I was presenting at a seminar for attorneys and other professionals and we were discussing “fiduciaries”, such as...

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Probate - How Much of a Problem Is It *Really

Wilcox & Myers, P.C.

Sep 25, 2020
3 min

Probate - How Much of a Problem Is It *Really

As an estate planning firm, we are often speaking with people about what will (or what they would like to have) happen to their estate at...

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Wilcox & Myers, P.C.

Sep 18, 2020
3 min

Why Should I Care? I'll be Dead!

How planning for your incapacity/death now can be an immense gift to your loved ones in the future.

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Wilcox & Myers, P.C.

Sep 4, 2020
3 min

Who Gets ME When I Die?

Perhaps our most important post-mortem question yet... Who gets ME when I die?

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Firearms, Christmas Ornaments, and Ice Cream Scoops

Wilcox & Myers, P.C.

Aug 28, 2020
3 min

Firearms, Christmas Ornaments, and Ice Cream Scoops

Read on to find out what impact firearms, Christmas ornaments, and ice cream scoops can have on your estate planning...

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Re-branding a Business: Look for the Silver Lining

Wilcox & Myers, P.C.

Jul 31, 2020
2 min

Re-branding a Business: Look for the Silver Lining

Looking at the silver-lining when you re-brand your business...

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Wilcox & Myers, P.C.

Jul 29, 2020
3 min

So a Doctor Walks Into a Bar...

Is naming a joint owner on an asset really a good way to avoid probate?

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Jul 22, 2020
2 min

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Jul 22, 2020
2 min

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"Who Gets The Dog When I Die?"™ -A Legal Blog

Wilcox & Myers, P.C.

Jul 21, 2020
2 min

"Who Gets The Dog When I Die?"™ -A Legal Blog

Greetings! Thank you for visiting our blog, “Who Gets the Dog When I Die?”™.

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