I’m getting married for the second time and both my new husband and I have adult children. Is there anything different I need to do with my estate planning?

Yes. We see more and more “blended families” (marriages where each spouse has children from a prior relationship). You must take special steps to make sure you take care of each other, but also provide for your children after you are gone (if that’s your goal). This can be quite complicated. For example, what if… Read More »

Simple Real Estate Transactions?

Question: I hired a real estate agent to sell my house. We got an offer for less than what we owed on the house. We have a first mortgage and a second mortgage. Our real estate agent told us that he would take care of getting approvals from the banks to accept less than the… Read More »