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The National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys has designated October as Special Needs month. Elder law attorneys, nation-wide, provide an enormous amount of legal education to their local [...]

A “Pay on Death Account,” also known as a “Transfer on Death Account” (commonly called a P.O.D. or T.O.D. account), is an account at a financial institution that allows payment of the funds in [...]

Reclusive heiress, Hugette Clark, daughter of copper tycoon and former U.S. Senator, William Clark, passed away in May leaving behind an estate that is estimated at over $400 million. The estate [...]

Almost every time I pick up the newspaper I read about funding cuts or tuition hikes for Louisiana colleges and students. For those of us with college-aged students, the good news is that TOPS [...]

While most grandparents go to their grandchild’s baseball game and think about them hitting the ball out of the park or making a fantastic diving catch, when I attended my granddaughter’s [...]

Morgan’s Wonderland, a theme park located outside of San Antonio,TX, is unlike any other theme park in the world. While it has rides and attractions like most, it is designed and accessible [...]

In many states, the process of transferring property at death is referred to as probate; in Louisiana, that process is typically called a succession. There are many misconceptions about what a [...]

I recently read a book about financial issues for women that I highly recommend. Sarah Van Breathnach was a woman who seemed to have it all. She was a best-selling author, had a cottage home in [...]

VA Aid and Attendance is a benefit that might be available to help pay the cost of long term care for a veteran or the surviving spouse of a veteran. Unfortunately, finding someone to give you [...]

This morning at my rotary club meeting we had Mike Johnson, director of the electronic crimes office of the Louisiana attorney general’s office speak to our club. This unit began in 2002 [...]