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2018-07-05: Updated: 2018-07-05 20:37:16 End Well – Planning for a Better End of Life

By Liza Hanks

2018-06-03: Updated: 2018-06-03 16:41:02 Access to Digital Assets After Death — The Inside Scoop from Google

By Liza Hanks

2018-04-04: Updated: 2018-05-14 15:12:08 Talking About the Hard Stuff

By Liza Hanks

2018-03-14: Updated: 2018-03-14 21:39:48 The Practice of Generosity

By Liza Hanks

2018-03-14: Updated: 2018-03-14 21:25:14 Dealing with Dementia

By Liza Hanks

2018-03-12: Updated: 2018-03-12 19:41:12 Prenups

By Liza Hanks

2018-03-04: Updated: 2018-03-08 15:01:55 Announcing my new book: Every Californian’s Guide to Estate Planning!

By Liza Hanks

2018-02-12: Updated: 2018-04-27 15:30:37 Life/Death/Law Episode 3: The Practice of Generosity

By Liza Hanks

2017-12-26: Updated: 2018-03-08 15:03:12 New Tax Act Doubles Gift and Estate Tax Exemption: Now What?

By Liza Hanks

2017-12-21: Updated: 2018-04-27 15:32:24 Dealing With Dementia: Episode Two of Life/Death/Law

By Liza Hanks

2017-11-10: Updated: 2018-04-27 15:31:25 Life/Death/Law Podcast: Episode 1! Purposeful Prenups

By Liza Hanks

2017-09-12: Updated: 2017-10-04 12:28:08 California Passes New Law Allowing Executors and Trustees Access to Digital Assets

By Liza Hanks

2017-09-03: Updated: 2017-09-03 16:30:28 FDIC Insurance for Trust Accounts

By Liza Hanks

2017-06-11: Updated: 2018-06-05 22:06:05 Refinancing a house held in a living trust

By Liza Hanks

2017-05-23: Updated: 2017-05-23 17:30:15 Single? No Estate Plan? Bad Idea

By Liza Hanks

2017-05-03: Updated: 2017-05-09 10:56:52 An Old Friend and California’s End Of Life Option Act

By Liza Hanks

2016-11-16: Updated: 2017-05-09 10:56:52 How to Keep Your Old Property Tax Rate for a New House if You Are Over 55

By Liza Hanks

2016-10-12: Updated: 2017-05-09 10:56:53 It’s Fall: Custodial Accounts, 529 Plans And Paying For College

By Liza Hanks

2016-09-14: Updated: 2017-05-09 10:56:54 New Parents Need Basic Estate Planning

By Liza Hanks

2016-08-07: Updated: 2017-05-09 10:56:54 Buy Low: Sell High. Pay Capital Gains Taxes.

By Liza Hanks

2016-07-29: Updated: 2017-05-09 10:56:55 What to Do if Your Child’s Custodial Account is Too Big?

By Liza Hanks

2016-07-19: Updated: 2017-05-09 10:56:55 When One Parent Stays Home – Consent for International Travel with Minor Children

By Liza Hanks

2016-05-04: Updated: 2017-05-09 10:56:56 Prince’s Sister Claims He Had No Will

By Liza Hanks

2016-03-26: Updated: 2017-05-09 10:56:56 California’s End of Life Option Act Will Be Effective June 9, 2016

By Liza Hanks

2016-02-22: Updated: 2017-05-09 10:56:57 Keeping Families Out of Court: Trust and Estates Mediation

By Liza Hanks

2015-12-20: Updated: 2017-05-09 10:56:57 Congress Makes Charitable Rollover Permanent

By Liza Hanks

2015-12-14: Updated: 2017-05-09 10:56:58 Making Smart Charitable Gifts

By Liza Hanks

2015-12-04: Updated: 2017-05-09 10:56:58 Announcing my new E-Book on Estate Planning for Digital Assets

By Liza Hanks

2015-11-23: Updated: 2017-05-09 10:56:58 California’s New End of Life Option Act Goes Into Effect in 2016

By Liza Hanks

2015-10-02: Updated: 2017-05-09 10:56:59 Revocable Transfer on Death Deeds Now Allowed in California

By Liza Hanks

2015-08-20: Updated: 2017-05-09 10:56:59 Google Lets You Manage Your Digital Assets After Death

By Liza Hanks

2015-07-13: Updated: 2017-05-09 10:57:00 How to Give Your Kids Money Now That They Can’t Use Until Later

By Liza Hanks

2015-06-25: Updated: 2017-05-09 10:57:01 Thinking Single: Women Who Live Long

By Liza Hanks

2015-06-22: Updated: 2017-05-09 10:57:01 Supreme Court on Gay Marriage: Estate Planning Changes

By Liza Hanks

2015-04-30: Updated: 2017-05-09 10:57:02 Announcing My E-Book!

By Liza Hanks

2015-04-30: Updated: 2017-05-09 10:57:02 Do You Know Where Your Parents’ Will or Trust Is?

By Liza Hanks

2015-04-08: Updated: 2017-05-09 10:57:03 Finding Lost Life Insurance

By Liza Hanks

2015-03-06: Updated: 2017-05-09 10:57:03 If You Are Named as Executor, Pay Attention

By Liza Hanks

2015-02-11: Updated: 2017-05-09 10:57:04 Sometimes It is the Little Things: Arguing About Stuff

By Liza Hanks

2015-01-23: Updated: 2017-05-09 10:57:04 Right to Die Law Proposed for California

By Liza Hanks

2014-12-31: Updated: 2017-05-09 10:57:05 Happy New Year!

By Liza Hanks

2014-12-22: Updated: 2017-05-09 10:57:05 IRA Charitable Rollover Extended for 2014

By Liza Hanks

2014-12-12: Updated: 2017-05-09 10:57:06 How to Work with Your Trustee/Your Beneficiaries

By Liza Hanks

2014-11-24: Updated: 2017-05-09 10:57:06 IRS Year-End Gifts to Charity Tips

By Liza Hanks

2014-11-19: Updated: 2017-05-09 10:57:07 IRS Extends Deadline for Portability for 2011-2013

By Liza Hanks

2014-11-17: Updated: 2017-05-09 10:57:07 It’s Holiday Time (Almost) How About a Roth IRA?

By Liza Hanks

2014-10-23: Updated: 2017-05-09 10:57:08 Happy National Estate Planning Awareness Week!

By Liza Hanks

2014-10-05: Updated: 2017-05-09 10:57:09 State Inheritance and Estate Taxes

By Liza Hanks

2014-09-23: Updated: 2017-05-09 10:57:09 Taking Parents Off the Hook

By Liza Hanks

2014-08-03: Updated: 2017-05-09 10:57:10 Too Old to Drive?

By Liza Hanks

2014-07-11: Updated: 2017-05-09 10:57:10 Summer Time Is Here: Estate Planning on the Run

By Liza Hanks

2014-07-09: Updated: 2017-05-09 10:57:11 What Not to Leave Behind: Massive Piles of Paper

By Liza Hanks

2014-05-30: Updated: 2017-05-09 10:57:11 Building Up Your Own Credit Score After Your Spouse Dies

By Liza Hanks

2014-05-23: Updated: 2017-05-09 10:57:12 Veteran’s Life Insurance

By Liza Hanks

2014-05-22: Updated: 2017-05-09 10:57:13 Naming Young Kids as Beneficiaries (Don’t)

By Liza Hanks

2014-05-13: Updated: 2017-05-09 10:57:13 Beware of gifts that are pegged to the tax code

By Liza Hanks

2014-05-02: Updated: 2017-05-09 10:57:14 Focusing on Income Tax for the 99.85%

By Liza Hanks

2014-03-11: Updated: 2017-05-09 10:57:14 Who to Name as a Beneficiary for Your Life Insurance

By Liza Hanks

2013-12-22: Updated: 2017-05-09 10:57:14 Advance Health Care Directives and End of Life Choices

By Liza Hanks

2013-11-18: Updated: 2017-05-09 10:57:15 There’s Still Time to Make 2013 Annual Gifts

By Liza Hanks

2013-10-29: Updated: 2017-05-09 10:57:15 19th Annual California Avenue Trick or Treat and Blossom Halloween Carnival!!!!!

By Liza Hanks

2013-10-03: Updated: 2017-05-09 10:57:16 How to Report Elder Abuse

By Liza Hanks

2013-09-05: Updated: 2017-05-09 10:57:16 More Lottery Scams: Don’t Cash That Check!

By Liza Hanks

2013-09-02: Updated: 2017-05-09 10:57:16 How to Change Your Name After Marriage or Divorce

By Liza Hanks

2013-08-07: Updated: 2017-05-09 10:57:17 Estate Planning and Divorce

By Liza Hanks

2013-06-06: Updated: 2017-05-09 10:57:17 Going on Vacation? Leave a Parental Medical Release Form for your Caretakers

By Liza Hanks

2013-05-12: Updated: 2017-05-09 10:57:18 Lessons From Literature: War and Peace and Outdated Wills

By Liza Hanks

2013-05-12: Updated: 2017-05-09 10:57:18 Mother’s Day Thought: Create Durable Powers of Attorney for Your College Kids

By Liza Hanks

2013-04-08: Updated: 2017-05-09 10:57:19 The Kiddie Tax Explained

By Liza Hanks

2013-03-19: Updated: 2017-05-09 10:57:19 Annual Gift Trusts

By Liza Hanks

2013-03-10: Updated: 2017-05-09 10:57:20 Becoming an Organ Donor

By Liza Hanks

2013-03-03: Updated: 2017-05-09 10:57:20 Income Taxes and Estate Taxes, A New Trade-Off

By Liza Hanks

2013-02-26: Updated: 2017-05-09 10:57:21 Tax time is a good time to review your assets

By Liza Hanks

2013-02-23: Updated: 2017-05-09 10:57:21 Understanding Joint Tenancy

By Liza Hanks

2013-01-27: Updated: 2017-05-09 10:57:21 Fiscal Cliff Deal Allows Charitable IRA Rollovers in 2013 and 2012

By Liza Hanks

2013-01-02: Updated: 2017-05-09 10:57:22 2013 Estate Tax Law: First Look at the American Taxpayer Relief Act

By Liza Hanks

2012-12-30: Updated: 2017-05-09 10:57:22 For Last Minute 2012 gifts, make sure that the check is CASHED

By Liza Hanks

2012-11-25: Updated: 2017-05-09 10:57:23 Beware the accidental gift

By Liza Hanks

2012-10-13: Updated: 2017-05-09 10:57:23 Beneficiary Designations Are Important

By Liza Hanks

2012-09-30: Updated: 2017-05-09 10:57:24 Want to make a gift in 2012? Don’t wait much longer!

By Liza Hanks

2012-09-23: Updated: 2017-05-09 10:57:24 Durable Powers of Attorney-Who Needs One?

By Liza Hanks

2012-09-12: Updated: 2017-05-09 10:57:25 Gift and Estate Tax Benefits of a 529 Plan

By Liza Hanks

2012-09-10: Updated: 2017-05-09 10:57:25 Roth Conversions: One Way to Pay Taxes Now, Before They Go Up

By Liza Hanks

2012-09-07: Updated: 2017-05-09 10:57:25 Charitable Remainder Trusts: A Great Way to Give to Charity

By Liza Hanks

2012-09-05: Updated: 2017-05-09 10:57:26 Older Parents and Driving

By Liza Hanks

2012-09-03: Updated: 2017-05-09 10:57:26 Naming Guardians for Young Children

By Liza Hanks