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Free Presentation on Legal and Financial Planning for Alzheimer's Disease

Join Attorney Amy E. Dougherty for a Free Presentation on Legal and Financial Planning for Alzheimer’s Disease, presented by the Alzheimer's Association. Presentation will include a light lunch. Registration is Required.

When: Wednesday, September 21, 2016, 11am-1pm

Where: Alzheimer’ s Association Office, 2808 Palumbo Drive, Lexington, KY 40509

How: To register, call 1-800-272-3900. Registration is required.

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Learn from Prince’s Mistakes: Don’t Let it (Purple) Rain on Your Estate Plans

When I read that Prince failed to leave a will or any known estate planning documents, I was shocked. The musician, who was notoriously hands-on with his music and its management, failed to prepare a plan for what would happen after his death. Prince left behind an estate estimated to exceed $300 million. While most of us will never accumulate that much money, we can still learn from Prince’s mistakes.

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Five Reasons Why Living Trusts are not for Everyone.

One of the most common things I hear from my estate planning clients is that they want to “avoid probate.” So, I’ve started asking them “why?” They tell me one of two things: first, they have heard that probate is expensive, or secondly, they don’t know why. In 1965, Norman F. Dacey published his well-known book How to Avoid Probate! Norman F. Dacey, while not an attorney himself, instructs the public to transfer everything they own into a Living Trust using one of the forms in the back of his book.

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