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Dealing With Alzheimers Disease

Dealing with Alzheimers Disease

Do you know someone who has been diagnosed with Alzheimers disease? If not, there is a good chance that you will know someone afflicted with the disease during your lifetime. According to The Alzheimers Disease and Referral Center and The Alzheimer’s Association, at...

Charitable Aspects Of Estate Planning

Charitable aspects of Estate Planning

Many of our clients have minor children, or adult children with special needs, who are dependent on the parents’ support and who would need continued financial support even after the parents were gone. For most of our clients, however, their children are grown and...

Bad Will Hunting

Bad will hunting

In the course of our discussions with clients, one of the more frequent comments we receive in response to our series of "what if" questions, asking about contingencies to be addressed in case something happens unexpectedly to their intended beneficiaries, is "I never...

The Slayer Rule: Murder, Mayhem And…Public Policy!?

The slayer rule: murder, mayhem and…public policy!?

We thought it would be interesting to take a look at a little history and perspective on a common law rule in Maryland, versions of which can be found in the legal code created by Napoleon ("Code Napoleon") and withorigins dating back to 6th-century Roman law. The...