I was doing some research on the web and ran across “just one more” “complete estate plan” site:

This “complete” estate plan is definitely better than no plan at all. And if your are unwilling to take the time to sort through your deepest desires, purpose, vision, values, mission in life: having something like these documents ought to be better than having nothing. Read the rest of this entry »

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And while I’m talking with people at Generous Giving about alternatives to 501(c)(3)s, C____, the attorney we engaged for–and then quickly sought to disengage from–our potential move to 501(c)(3) status, sent a reply to my “disengagement” email. As you may recall, I said, “Before we (i.e., you and your associates) go anywhere [with this idea of researching potential charitable purposes for a 501(c)(3)], . . . I sense I should raise a few questions that came up from a conversation I had yesterday with L____, our CPA.”

So here’s how she replied: Read the rest of this entry »

Today was the big day. I’ve been committed to acquiring a legacy plan, now, for almost a year and a half. Of course, I don’t merely want a plan; I want to implement a plan. But simply to get a proposal in hand so Sarita and I can look at it and (hopefully) say, “Yay, verily, this is what we want to do . . . ” –It’s been just shy of a year and a half.

So our legacy planner and his assistant came to our office and we spent about 3 1/2 hours going through their proposed plan. And it includes: Read the rest of this entry »