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  1. and another football player - Junior Seau provided an estate planning lesson bit.ly/N49cP1
  2. topics include new VA domestic asset protection trust bit.ly/N492XH y joint tenancy might not B a gd estate plan bit.ly/N496a6
  3. I forgot to post this but my May Newsletter went out yesterday right under the wire. bit.ly/N48YHw
  4. The Trustee: Part V...More Trustee Responsibilities wp.me/p11awF-86
  5. Dangers of DIY estate planing bit.ly/N46Q2G not state specific enough, full situation not flushed out by quest., lack of legal skill
  6. I am sure life insurers like this - most consumers overestimate cost to get LI bit.ly/N46x7R
  7. Have you checked your beneficiary designations lately? you should to make sure right person is getting assets bit.ly/N46x7R
  8. thr R more probl w/ diagnosis than treatment "cost her her driver's license, many of her friends & much of her self esteem" husband says
  9. on.wsj.com/JPgXpV the curse of early onset alzheimers and the question of whether would you want to know?
  10. wapo.st/JPfX5d Signs of Alzheimer but not other dementia seen by relatives first
  11. Bloomberg/BNA are holding a seminar on examining Estate tax form 706 in a few hours bit.ly/KAT71N
  12. Law Office of Christopher Guest Newsletter - April 2012 Newsletter #constantcontact conta.cc/L4348C
  13. one other tidbit from last art. with more people owning assets internationally/u need to think about global estate planning stratgies.
  14. Spreading around your retirement wealth tax free bit.ly/JusSWm via gifting, 529 plans, life estates
  15. Same sex couples struggle with claiming benefits - not only retirement benefits but also estate planning issues bit.ly/Jusx64
  16. still 7 months in 2012 to partake in the golden era of gifting on.wsj.com/MVwkza
  17. Opps, Aaron Spelling's wife is suing MD auction house ovr sale of collectibles bit.ly/MVw5nz she claims they dnt giv full accounting
  18. Using trusts to protect assets. VA just passed a new domestic asset protection trust bloom.bg/Lg5NXT
  19. More on digital estate planning from OK - 1st state to have a law on how digital assets will be treated bit.ly/K5Oexc
  20. everyone else - you are still at a million. Guess it pays to be a farmer