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I was interviewed by a writer for ParentMap Magazine-- this is the article!

Estate Planning 101 Where there’s a will, there’s a will

For me, the best thing about being an estate planning lawyer is having the opportunity to help people avoid running into problems later. If you have a history of mental health issues, a Psychiatric Advance Directive is a great way to ensure that those caring for you in an emergency situation know how you do or do not want to be treated.

Now Mental Health Patients Can Specify Their Care Before Hallucinations and Voices Overwhelm Them Psychiatric advance directives allow patients with serious mental illness to specify the treatment they want if they become too sick to say so.

It is impossible to resist posting this. Prince was deeply committed to supporting the arts, and probably would have wanted at least part of his estate to provide much-needed funding to arts nonprofits.

Prince died without a will, six siblings likely to share fortune Music superstar Prince left no known will when he died last week, his sister said in court documents on Tuesday listing his six siblings or half-siblings as heirs to a legacy estimated at hundreds of millions of dollars.

This is a great development for people who have lively social media accounts. Previously, there was no way to access the FB account of a deceased person that was consistent with FB policies.

How to Set Up a Facebook "Legacy Contact" for When You Die Today, Facebook made it possible to add a "Legacy Contact," or someone who can gain control of your account and memorialize--or delete--it in the event you pass away. Here's how you set it up.