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You are at this very moment reading a digital asset. You might well have written blog posts yourself, or you might own a website filled with family photos and other mementos. That is also a digital asset, as is your Facebook page and Twitter account. As growing bits...
His life was filled with adventure, academics and a breathtaking accumulation of Chinese art and wealth. C.C. Wang was known for escaping China’s civil war in 1949 and bringing his wife and young children to the capital of the art world, just 60 miles east of...
The end of a person's life has been speculated about endlessly in books and songs. Less poetic, perhaps, but necessary after a loved one's life has ended is a familiarity with estate administration. What is estate administration, you might wonder. It is at its...
The passing of a loved one often comes as a shock to the family. In some cases, however, there are aftershocks that can include the discovery that a will has been drastically altered to favor a single particular person. This is often when a family member (or members)...
Virtually everyone in Flemington has an estate. It’s the collection of things that a person owns, including a house, car, stocks, cash, checking and savings accounts, furniture, life insurance, clothing – everything. For some, estates are vast and...
In our previous post, we wrote about one of the most celebrated actors of our time: Philip Seymour Hoffman, who died at age 46. As you might recall, the Oscar-winning actor was adamant that his three young children, ages 5, 7 and 10, not be “trust fund...
Among the most personal and important decisions a person can make in life is how they want to raise their children. An infinite variety of good parenting techniques, styles and philosophies exist. They are all linked by a parent’s undying love for their kids,...
When a loved one passes away, there is grief and loss to try to grapple with and accept. But like so many times in life when we least want to be bothered with legalities, paperwork and details, the time of mourning also includes those intrusions. The probate procedure...
Relatives of a flamboyant widow say her last years of life were like a bad movie. She spent much of her time following her husband’s 2000 death in the company of a younger man, to whom she left much of her wealth. The family is trying to change the end of that...
Ancient Egyptians used to bury a dead pharaoh with mounds of gold and jewels for the afterlife. Centuries later, the treasures were still sitting there unused. A few things have changed since then, but we still can’t take our wealth with us. Nor can we pack up...
