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		<title>The Valley of the Cheese of the Dead</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Kathy Lane]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Aug 2020 00:55:24 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In this remote Swiss town, residents spend a lifetime aging a wheel of cheese for their own funeral. Click here to read all about it&#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Did you know about these 5 strange bequests?</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Kathy Lane]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Apr 2020 21:41:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[We are constantly urging people to write a will so that their wishes will be known when they die.  Family members won&#8217;t have to guess what they wanted to happen to their favorite possessions &#8211; their paintings, jewelry and digital assets.  Most bequests are [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Are you a victim of a home improvement scam?</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Kathy Lane]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Jun 2018 20:05:21 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Scamming is something that can happen to anyone but it is a major problem for the elderly.  Home repair or home improvement scams are a continuing issue. According to a 2015 report, an estimated $36.5 billion is lost per year by elderly Americans to various [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Do you know where your parents&#8217; important information is? </title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Kathy Lane]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 06 May 2018 21:30:19 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Estate Planning]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[It may seem morbid but have you asked them?   This article from a New Zealand website is very applicable to us in the United States.  It’s a topic most of us don’t want to broach with our parents but it&#8217;s one that&#8217;s necessary [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Do famous people have wills?</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Kathy Lane]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Apr 2018 20:15:30 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Less than 50% of people in the United States have a will and it seems that famous people are just as bad as average folks when it comes to writing one.  The younger the person, the better the chance that there’s no will.  A [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Press 1 to speak to a moron</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Kathy Lane]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Mar 2018 23:18:56 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[An article recently appeared in The West Australian that is very relevant to us in the United States as well.  What happened to Carole Webb could happen to any of us.  I&#8217;ve copied the article in its entirety and hope it will goad you into [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Want to come back as a tree?</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Kathy Lane]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Feb 2018 00:23:25 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The traditional coffin litters the earth.  It is not biodegradable and remains buried in the ground for thousands of years.  The same can be said for the tombstone which stands above it. Now there’s a new option. Capsula Mundi is a project out of [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Should you set up a joint bank account?</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Kathy Lane]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Jan 2018 22:40:11 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Estate Planning]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[We read an interesting post awhile ago that we thought might help some of you.  The author is Jennifer Stuart, Attorney, Senior Law Project Jennifer Stuart is an attorney in Raleigh with Legal Aid of North Carolina&#8217;s Senior Law Project (SLP).   The post is [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Can celebrities teach us about estate planning?</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Kathy Lane]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Jun 2017 02:44:07 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[We came across this post by John J. Scroggin, AEP, J.D., LL.M. and thought it was worth reposting.  Too many people think that things will take care of themselves&#8230;but they won&#8217;t. &#8220;It is interesting how the common estate planning mistakes of average clients are so often [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Should Alan Thicke’s widow or sons inherit his estate?</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Kathy Lane]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 28 May 2017 20:58:20 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Alan Thicke died on December 13, 2016.    His two older sons, who are co-executor’s of their dad’s living trust, have filed a petition in court to get instructions on how his 1988 trust (amended last year) and a 2005 prenup signed by him and [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Have you made these 5 life insurance mistakes?</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Kathy Lane]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 21 May 2017 21:49:34 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[We came across an interesting article about life insurance on the Edward Jones web site.  It gives you some valuable information and some things to think about.  It&#8217;s reposted here in its entirety. &#8220;If you already have life insurance, you&#8217;ve taken an important step to [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>What happened to Ernie Ulrich’s estate?</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Kathy Lane]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 14 May 2017 18:50:07 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Who, you might ask, was Ernie Ulrich.  Ernie was just an average blue collar guy who served in the army during World War II and died in Chicago at age 85 on December 21, 1999.  He never married and had no children.  His two [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Are you making celebrity estate planning mistakes?</title>
		<link>https://diesmart.com/estate-planning/are-you-making-celebrity-estate-planning-mistakes/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Kathy Lane]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 07 May 2017 21:15:27 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[This article appeared in the September 17, 2016 edition of cnbc.com.  It contains some important information you should review. &#8220;Celebrities, they&#8217;re just like us. At least, they are when it comes to estate-planning mistakes. You&#8217;d think that high-profile individuals with substantial and varied assets, [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Who’s the owner of a 1958 Corvette convertible?</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Kathy Lane]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 30 Apr 2017 20:39:27 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[This story is taken from one published in the Daily Republic. &#8220;A California judge will apparently decide who owns that yellow Corvette in June. One thing we do know for sure is that 75-year-old George Bristol owned the Corvette, valued at some $97,000, prior to [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Was he really dead?</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Kathy Lane]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 23 Apr 2017 20:16:48 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Sir Jimmy Young, a radio DJ in the UK, died in November 2016 at age 95.  He left an estate worth more than 2.7 million pounds and a bizarre last request. In his will, Jimmy requested that his dead body be given a lethal [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Do you know your spouse&#8217;s passwords?</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Kathy Lane]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Apr 2017 04:11:51 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[digital assets]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[A recent article in the Huffington Post really emphasized why you need to be sure to learn your spouse&#8217;s passwords&#8230;while he or she is still alive to tell you what they are.  The article, titled &#8220;I’m Still Paying For My Dead Husband’s Cell Phone Because [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Can it happen here?</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Kathy Lane]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Apr 2017 19:36:48 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[A recent story from the United Kingdom talked about the rise of family feuds related to inheritance.  The number of cases – 116 &#8211; reaching the High Court in 2015 broke all past records. According to a British law firm, the rise in cases [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Have you done your end of life planning yet?</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Kathy Lane]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 02 Apr 2017 16:41:45 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[It’s something no one wants to think about, much less actually do.  However, it’s critical that you make a plan so that your wishes can be carried out. Do you care about whether the doctor takes heroic measures?  Do you want to be kept [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Don’t want to go into the funeral home – try drive-thru viewing</title>
		<link>https://diesmart.com/funerals/dont-want-to-go-into-the-funeral-home-try-drive-thru-viewing/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Kathy Lane]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 26 Mar 2017 18:25:16 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[It is not a new concept but now Ryan Bernard of Memphis is joining the drive-thru visitation service trend.  When Bernard bought an old bank building in Memphis to use for a funeral home, he found a unique use for the drive-thru window.  Guests [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Are you financially prepared to be a widow?</title>
		<link>https://diesmart.com/estate-planning/are-you-financially-prepared-to-be-a-widow/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Kathy Lane]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Mar 2017 19:59:53 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[It’s a fact that women live longer than men in every country in the world.  It’s important to be prepared and to start looking at widowhood as a when, not an if. More than one in five women 60 or older is living in [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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