May 2010

The sudden and unexpected death of a loved one can be both emotionally and financially traumatizing. If the decedent was your spouse, you have lost your life partner as well as the other half of your financial future. If you have children, they have lost not only their parent but someone that contributed financial and emotional guidance. If the decedent…

The birth of a child is one of the most amazing and exciting moments of a parent’s life. After months, or years, of preparation and anticipation you are finally a parent. Every parent's imagines the future that they will share with their child. No parent imagines that they will outlive their child – much less that their child will be…

Most of us plane for our financial future. We plane for our children’s education. We plan for the time when we will retire with our spouse. We may even plan for the eventual death of one spouse. None of us ever plan to lose a spouse during the prime earning years. None of us factor in what will happen if…

Despite the efforts of state legislators to increase penalties for drinking and driving as well as the numerous public awareness campaigns over the last couple of decades to educate the public about the dangers of drinking and driving, people continue to do so. Not surprisingly, drunk driving accidents continue to top the list of accident causes. Deaths related to drunk…