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  • 2024
    • December
      • Can Probate be Avoided?
    • November
      • How do I Protect my Adult Child from a Potential Legal Catastrophe?
    • October
      • What If There’s No Will? Intestate Succession in Virginia
    • September
      • What Estate Planning Documents Do I Need?
    • July
      • When Is the Right Time to Create My Estate Plan?
    • June
    • May
      • Keeping the Family Cabin In the Family
    • April
      • Estate Planning for Military Service Members, Veterans, and their Families
    • March
      • Should I Get a Trust? Comparing Trusts v. Wills in Virginia
    • January
      • The CORPORATE TRANSPARENCY ACT (CTA) What you should know at a glance
  • 2023
    • December
      • What are Spouses Entitled to at the Passing of the First Spouse?
    • November
      • Cost Basis Rules Clarified by IRS
    • October
      • Estate Planning: The Holiday Edition
    • September
      • Setting Every Community Up for Retirement Enhancement Act (SECURE Act)
    • July
      • Help Us Help You - The JGB Estate Planning Information Sheet
    • June
      • Love and Death
    • May
      • We All Need Help in Areas Where We Are Not the Expert
    • March
      • The FDIC and Your Trust: Are You Fully Insured?
    • February
      • How Does Adoption Affect Estate Planning?
  • 2022
    • December
      • Intro to the Hotchpot and How It Equalizes Earlier Gifts in an Estate
    • October
      • Mineral Rights and Funding Your Revocable Living Trust
    • August
      • Letters of Instruction in Estate Planning: Tell your family what you really mean
    • July
      • Can I add a transfer on death designation to my car title?
    • June
      • When Should I Update My Estate Plan?
    • May
      • Can Someone Steal My House?
    • April
      • Estates of our Founding Fathers
    • March
      • Digital Planning
    • January
      • How to Title Your Boat
  • 2021
    • December
      • WHERE SHOULD I STORE MY ESTATE DOCUMENTS AND WHAT SHOULD GO INTO A SAFE DEPOSIT BOX?
    • November
      • PARE DOWN!
    • October
      • Build Back Better
    • July
      • WHAT IS THE BEST ESTATE PLAN? YOU GET TO DECIDE!
    • June
      • DSUE Issues (The Promise and Pain of Portability)
    • May
      • Attorney-Client Privilege
    • April
      • Not Your Keys, Not Your Crypto – Estate Planning and Cryptocurrencies
    • March
      • 2021 Taxes, What Can We Expect?
    • February
      • Updating Your Estate Plan after the Death of a Loved One
    • January
      • Where do we go from here?
  • 2020
    • December
      • 2020 Wrap Up
    • November
      • Are Changes To Our Taxes On The Horizon?
    • October
      • Deciphering Deeds
    • September
      • Certification of Trust: What’s the Big Deal?
    • August
      • Estate Planning for College-Age Children
    • July
      • The Reading of the Will
    • June
      • Someone Just Died. What Do I Do?
    • May
      • So I’m Dead. Now What? A Practical and Abbreviated Guide to Estate/Trust Administration
    • April
      • Do I Even Need a Will?
    • March
      • Health Care Decisions
    • February
      • What Happens To My Will When I Move Out Of State?
    • January
      • The SECURE Act
  • 2019
    • December
      • End of Year Review
    • November
      • Ten Problems with Your Estate Plan and How to Fix Them Problem # 10: Your Plan Will Not Work
    • October
      • The Ten Biggest Problems with Your Estate Plan and How to Fix Them Problem #9: Your Situation Is Totally Different
    • September
      • The Ten Biggest Problems with Your Estate Plan and How to Fix Them. Problem #8: Spike (Your Idiot Son-in-Law)
    • August
      • Ten Problems with Your Estate Plan and How to Fix Them. Problem #7: Some Beneficiaries Can’t (or Shouldn’t) Manage Their Own Mo
    • July
      • Ten Problems with Your Estate Plan and How to Fix Them Problem # 6: Medical Decisions
    • June
      • The Ten Problems With Your Estate Plan And How To Fix Them Problem #5: Taxes
    • May
      • The Ten Biggest Problems with Your Estate Plan and How To Fix Them
    • April
      • The Ten Problems With Your Estate Plan And How To Fix Them. Problem #3: Issues Surrounding Probate
    • March
      • The Ten Biggest Problems with Your Estate Plan and How to Fix Them. Problem # 2: Who Is in Charge?
    • January
      • This Is the New Year
  • 2018
    • December
      • Firearms!
    • November
      • Estate Planning and Your Employer-Provided Benefits
    • October
      • Three Ways To Cash In On The New Tax Plan Before The End Of The Year
    • September
      • Changing the Irrevocable
    • August
      • Can't I Just Create My Own LLC Online in 5 Minutes?
    • July
      • Tangible Effects Memorandum: Who receives my jewelry when I am gone?
    • June
      • Can You Probate a Missing Will?
    • May
      • Buy-Sell Agreements and How to Fund Them
    • April
      • A Cautionary Tale: Beneficiary Designations
    • March
      • Can the Bank Make Me Refinance?
    • February
      • SHOULD I PUT MY CAR INTO MY TRUST?
    • January
      • Choosing a Guardian
  • 2017
    • December
      • Final Hour Changes to Tax Law
    • November
      • Organ Donation and Your Estate Plan
    • October
      • Trump and Taxes, Part Deux
    • September
      • COORDINATING INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY WITH YOUR ESTATE PLAN
    • August
      • Contesting a Will or Trust
    • July
      • Taxation of Trusts
    • June
      • The Dangers of DIY Estate Planning
      • Estate Planning In a Digital Age
    • March
      • Estate Planning for Military Families
    • February
      • TRUMP and TAXES - How Does This Impact Your Estate Plan?
    • January
      • Special Needs Trusts and the ABLE Act
  • 2016
    • December
      • How to Make Your Estate Plan Easy to Administer
    • November
      • Writing an Obituary
    • October
      • Isn't Trust Settlement Automatic?
    • September
      • JGB Richmond Office Expansion and TrustguardTM
    • May
      • The 4 Most Common Estate Planning Mistakes
      • The $400 Emergency
      • Celebrating Mom
      • Probate of Prince’s Estate
    • April
      • Celebrities Who Have No Estate Plan
      • The Cost of Alzheimer’s
      • Doctors End of Life Decisions
      • Can I retire?
    • March
      • Writing Your Own Estate Plan
      • Estate Planning Check Up
      • The Ins And Outs of Inheriting an IRA
      • What You Need To Know As A Beneficiary
      • Looking For a New Supreme Court Justice
    • February
      • Donor Advised Funds
      • Leaving Money to No One
      • Don't be too cheap to buy life insurance
    • January
      • Strategies for Estate Planning
      • Happy New Year!
      • Estate Planning Tips For Individuals Under 40
  • 2015
    • December
      • Merry Christmas from JGB!
      • A Relatives Debt After Death
      • Just Give Everything Away
      • Social Security Benefits And Planning For Retirement
    • November
      • Why Do Single People Need Estate Plans?
      • What Should You Know About Debt After Death?
      • Estate Planning for Individuals Without Children
      • When Should You Do an Estate Plan Review?
    • October
      • Caring for parents with dementia is draining
      • Sibling Rivalry and Estate Planning
      • Estate Planning for Your Art
    • September
      • When should I update my will?
      • Choosing How We Die
      • Oh Don't Worry, My Kids Get Along Great!
      • Hare and Tortoise run/walk
      • The Importance of Your Personal Property Memorandum
    • August
      • Overcoming Common Barriers to Estate Planning
      • Women With Memory Impairments
      • Top Lawyers List
    • July
      • Planning for Your Pets
      • Estate Planning and Wills for the Young or Single
      • Money Mishaps
      • Which Financial Documents Do I Keep?
    • June
      • Experts on Aging, Dying as They Lived
      • IRS Finalizes Portability Rules for Estate Tax Exemptions
      • Alzheimer's Awareness
      • Guardianship changes in Florida
      • Digital Assets in Your Estate Plan
    • May
      • Elder Care
      • Probate Pirates and Friendly Grandparent Syndrome
      • Don't Count on Inheritances for Retirement
      • The Art of Scamming and How You Can be Aware
    • April
      • Firearms and Estate Planning
      • Estate Planning Pitfalls
      • Retirement and Estate Planning
      • Is someone calling from the IRS?
      • Saying Thank You in an Unconventional Way
    • March
      • Common Platform for Electronic Medical Records, are you ready?
      • "When I win the Lottery" and "If I die"
      • Canada's Approach to "Estate Taxes"
      • Estate planning: Not just for the 1%
    • February
      • President Obama Calls for Advisors to be Held to a New Fiduciary Standard.
      • Robin Williams- Fame, Fortune, and The Answers to His Estate
      • What Does Obama's New Budget Have To Do With Your Estate?
    • January
      • Nursing Home debt and Power of Attorney, what does one have to do with the other?
      • Proposed Tax changes, what could that mean?
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