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Is your paperwork up to date?
The names are fictitious, but the story is, unfortunately, very real. This is an example of the way in which a simple legal procedure would have saved prolonged anguish and still-uncalculated expense. In my experience, I find many of these kinds of situations where people wait...
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Are your children protected?
Debbie was a woman who came to me when she was already in the last phase of her journey with breast cancer. She had waited during more than a year of treatment to begin her estate plan and she knew she needed to act fast. She had a 12-year old daughter and an ex-husband who...
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Have you updated your estate documents?
Tom died in his sleep with a Will he’d created three decades ago, dividing everything equally among his four children, who are now adults. When he made the Will, he was recently divorced from the children’s mother and had some rural land that wasn’t worth...
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Did you fund your trust?
A major purpose of a revocable living trust is to hold title to your property so that it will pass to your beneficiaries without having to go through an expensive probate proceeding. “Funding” a trust is the term used for putting assets in your name as trustee, after you’ve...
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Estate plans are for everyone
Single or married, young, middle-aged or old, everyone can benefit from an estate plans. Often times, people think that estate plans are only for the wealthy. In fact, all of us can benefit from having a plan and a trustee of our estate. Isn’t it about time you...
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"For Greater Peace of Mind"
Wills, Trusts, Estate Administration
About Dr. Diamond
Dr. Diamond earned her law degree from U.C. Hastings College of the Law and her Ph.D. in Sociology from U.C. Berkeley. She formerly taught sociology and journalism and has also taught elder law at JFK University School of Law and UC Berkeley’s School of Social Welfare.
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About Dr. Diamond
Dr. Diamond earned her law degree from U.C. Hastings College of the Law and her Ph.D. in Sociology from U.C. Berkeley. She formerly taught sociology and journalism and has also taught elder law at JFK University School of Law and UC Berkeley’s School of Social Welfare.
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About Dr. Diamond
Dr. Diamond earned her law degree from U.C. Hastings College of the Law and her Ph.D. in Sociology from U.C. Berkeley. She formerly taught sociology and journalism and has also taught elder law at JFK University School of Law and UC Berkeley’s School of Social Welfare.
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