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How Much Care Do You Get in a Maryland Nursing Home?
Building your estate plan means acknowledging the possibility that you may one day require residential care in a nursing home. Nursing homes are designed to provide care for people who require help with two or more of the activities of daily living, namely eating, mobility, dressing, bathing, using the toilet, and personal care such… Read More »
Probate for Small Estates
The best thing about probate is that you will be dead when it happens, so you will not be the one who has to deal with the stress. Being the personal representative of an estate in probate court is months of tedious paperwork, under the watchful eye of creditors, grief-stricken relatives, and employees of… Read More »
Can Artificial Intelligence Help Your Small Business Operate More Efficiently
Despite the stereotype that entrepreneurs only care about money, most business owners will tell you that the most rewarding part of operating a small business is the human interactions, the opportunities to connect on a human level with such a wide variety of people. No matter what kind of products or services your company… Read More »
Is a Second Act Career Right for You?
Most jobs do not have a mandatory retirement age, which means that, if you are lucky enough to have enough job stability that you do not lie awake at night and worry about whether your job will still be around next year, you spend your nights doing mental calculations to figure out how your… Read More »
It Isn’t the End of the World If Your Surviving Family Members Have to Declutter Your House
Decluttering is a lot of work, even if you are in the mood for it and are keen to receive the reward for doing it, such as a house that looks tidy or having less stuff to pack when you move. It is very hard to motivate yourself to declutter simply because you have… Read More »
No, Medicaid Is Not the Only Way You Can Afford Long-Term Care
It is scary to think about old age and death, but it is even scarier to think about the financial future that most American consumers, including many with salaried jobs, can face. You might despair of ever saving enough money for retirement to sustain you through 20 or 30 years of retired life, especially… Read More »
Social Media Influencer Agreements and Breach of Contract Disputes
Cranky old journalists like to make it sound like being a social media influencer is not a real job. Whether the products that influencers provide, namely videos and other content formats that promote brands, are beneficial to society is a matter of opinion, but from a legal standpoint, social media influencers are just like… Read More »
Getting Out of a Business Partnership
Entrepreneurs thrive on the constantly shifting alliances of business entities and partners. Many successful business people have bought and sold ownership interest in multiple companies over the course of their careers; they may have even established some new business entities, alone or with partners, or dissolved some business entities. The breakup of business partnerships… Read More »
Can You and Your Spouse Write One Will for Both of You?
You and your spouse act as a team regarding all your property and all your responsibilities. There is no keeping score or hiding things from each other. It’s “our” bank account and “our” Christmas bonus, without regard to who contributed what. When it comes to caring for your elderly parents, the phrase “in-law” is… Read More »
Why and How to Store Valuable Estate Items
Call it minimalism or Swedish death cleaning, but some people seem to think that you should get rid of as much stuff as possible now so that you can live and die clutter-free. By this logic, if your adult children would rather receive money than tangible property as a Christmas gift, then they would… Read More »
