Kirsten Howe

• Adoption
• Asset Protection
• Beneficiaries
• Beneficiary Designation
• Birth Certificate
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• Digital Assets
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• Estate Organizer
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• Estate Recovery
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• Financial Advisor
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• Financial Transitions
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• Surviving Spouse
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• Wills

Potential Estate Plan Issues Arising from Bonus Children

Imagine this scenario: your cousin, David, dies without an estate plan here in California. He…

• Estate Administration
• Estate Organizer
• Estate Organizing
• Estate Planning
• Estate Recovery
• Estate Return
• Estate Taxes
• Family Care
• Family Transition
• Life Insurance
• Life Transitions
• No Contest Clause
• Podcasts
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103: What is a “No Contest” Clause and When Does it Really Apply?

• Disability
• Disability Claim
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• Podcasts
• Special Needs Family
• Special Needs Planning
• Special Needs Trustee
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110: Free and Appropriate Public Education: How Do I Get One for My Special Needs Child?

• Beneficiaries
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• Care Decisions
• Disability
• Disability Claim
• Disability Income Benefits
• Family Care
• Family Transition
• Financial Advisor
• Financial Planner
• Financial Planning
• Financial Transitions
• Special Needs Family
• Special Needs Planning
• Special Needs Trustee
• Trustee
• Trusts

Whom Should We Name as Trustee of Our Child’s Special Needs Trust?

• Current Events
• Digital Assets
• Digital Money
• Estate Planning
• Podcasts
• Technology
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109: Wondering How NFTs are Changing the Future of Fine Art?

• Care Decisions
• Home Care
• Home Care Assistance
• Long Term Care
• Nursing Homes
• Podcasts
• Skilled Nursing Facility
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108: Is Your Loved One Really Safe in Their Nursing Home?

• Aging in Place
• Assisted Living
• Bank account
• Care Decisions
• Caregivers
• Conservatorship
• Decision-Making
• Disability
• Elder Care
• Estate Administration
• Estate Organizer
• Estate Organizing
• Estate Planning
• Family Care
• Finances
• Financial Planning
• Incapacity Planning
• Personal Care
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• Resources
• Uncategorized
• Young Families

New California Law: Supported Decision-making

Assembly Bill 1663 went into effect on January 1, 2023 amending the California Welfare and…

• Asset Protection
• Divorce
• Financial Advisor
• Financial Planner
• Financial Planning
• Financial Transitions
• Life Insurance
• Life Transitions
• Podcasts
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107: What Are Commonly Overlooked Money Issues When Splitting Assets in a Divorce?

• Beneficiaries
• Celebrity Estates
• Estate Administration
• Estate Planning
• Executor
• Financial Planning
• Podcasts
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106: What’s Left of the Presley Estate? Lessons Learned from Elvis & Lisa Marie

• Asset Protection
• Bank account
• Beneficiaries
• Beneficiary Designation
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• Estate Organizer
• Estate Organizing
• Estate Planning
• Estate Recovery
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• Heggstad Petition
• Probate
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• Trust Amendment
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• Trustee
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Heggstad Petitions – What are they and how are they useful?

History Heggstad petitions are named after the California court case, Estate of Heggstad. Mr. Heggstad created…