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    Wills Vs. Estate Planning

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    Nobody wants to think about the fact that they'll die one day, but a responsible guy considers how his family and friends will suffer after he's gone. You want them to properly mourn your passing, not spend the entire time trying to figure out your chaotic finances. When you plan for your death, you're performing a loving act for your family as well as one that lets you retain control even after death. You don't need to have an estate to do your estate planning. You don't even need to have tons of assets for wills and estate planning. What is Basic Estate Planning? At its simplest, estate planning are a set of legal documents that help your family make decisions for you based on your desires in life. For example, if there's been an accident, you may not wish to remain on life support. These medical decisions can be dictated into legal documents for your family to follow. While you might not have a fortune to worry about, you could have some sentimental gifts you'd like to give to others when you pass. The binding documents will detail your medical, financial and legal choices to be implemented during a crisis. Considerations When Gathering Information Before you can make these decisions, you should sit down and really ponder some basic questions. If you are unable to make your own decisions, do you have someone you trust to do that for you? This person should be willing to follow your directions even if they don't necessarily agree with them. You don't want to appoint your…

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    declaration of how a person wants his or her property to be distributed upon death (Cheeseman.2013).” It helps give your family some direction on what to do with all your debt and personal property especially if you have a lot of money and/or children. Even though you can never fully prepare someone for your death there are many pros to having a will. First off what are the potential foreseeable financial, psychological, and medical, yet unintended, harmful consequences to one’s family and…

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    Dad’s second wife, Mrs. Gardiner, was born a man and had undergone sex reassignment surgery and then married Dad. Is she (or he) a wife? Entitled to inherit? Or does the son get everything? Dad could have done anything he wanted in a will. But like so many, he died without a will. His heirs are determined by the Kansas intestacy statute which gives half of his property to his surviving spouse. Kansas law prohibits same-sex marriages. Is this a same-sex marriage? Or does someone who undergoes…

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    Nicaraguan Food

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    places such as leon where there is a lot of history. Moreover, leon is known for his church in with there tremendous history. Additionally, when it comes to Nicaragua beaches there is one that will attract you the most. For, its localities in san juan del sur. Furthermore, there is one thing to do in san juan del sur and you must do. Consequently, they have a party that it start at ten in the morning and it end a four am of the next day. In fact, you have to be there to rent a hotel were is on…

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    provision is aimed for avoiding duplication over assumption of paternity . However, the provision can be overbreadth for the government interest, thus it is now pending to the Supreme Court’s decision . Lastly, because of social moral and eugenic point of view, marriage between close relatives is not allowed . ii. De facto marriage Although there is no statutory definition of de facto marriage, Japanese courts have long recognized de facto marriage based on conducts . In particular, according…

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    develop legal services that can be delivered within a controlled budget and targeted according to need, there was another 2 scheme was introduced , The Legal Services(for funding civil cases which are still allowed aid by the state) and the Criminal Defense Services(for criminal legal aid). However from the point of view of the state, the legal aid scheme had a large number of weaknesses in terms of the increasingly heavy burden imposed on the treasury that the Lord Chancellor’s department had…

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    Wealth Matters Case Study

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    Reconstruction, the first generation of Black landowners established communities, built churches and schools, created businesses, formed civic and social organizations, operated their farms as well as developed other forms of employment, and increased their economic stability. During the 20th century, Blacks were estimated to have owned fifteen million acres of land, but by this time, the second generation of Black landowners had grown disenchanted with the harsh realities of Jim Crow and…

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    Gay Marriage Arguments

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    Previously, LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transexual) individuals were able to adopt, but after Obergefell same-sex couples were also able to adopt in states where it was previously banned. Adoption forms would require a change from the traditional “mother” and “father” to a more general “parent”. She notes that in several states, including Kentucky, the law was that married couples could adopt and since same-sex couples can legally marry, this applies to them as well. Same-sex couples now…

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