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A lesson in ghosting

Ghosting, aka The Irish Goodbye

The holiday season is in full swing. This means lots of parties and celebration. For me that means Thanksgiving, Friendsgiving, office holiday parties, Christmas, New Years eve, polar plunge, and a handful of other events I’m sure. For my mother-in-law it means a party to visit every day in the month of December. I don’t know how she does it.

Despite what others might tell you, I love the opportunity to see and visit with friends and family. We have some beers (or wine when it’s fancy). Eat some great food. Eat more great food until you’re FTB (fit-to-burst for my non-British readers). See how much everybody’s children have grown. There comes a point at every event though when you just want to go home. And when I want to go home, I’m ready to go home. For this reason, I’m a huge fan of “ghosting” or “Irish goodbyes.” [Read more…] about A lesson in ghosting

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Estate Planning Rates

Like clockwork every year, the day after school starts, our phones at LayRoots start ringing off the hook. Parents emerging from the “summer fog” as one client put it, are ready to get estate planning off the to-do list.

Many of these parents want to know our rates. They ask some variation of “what do you charge for [blank]?” Any decent estate planning attorney hates this question due to the ol’ lawyer motto…it depends.

And I get it…people want to make a budget and have an idea of what type of investment they are getting ready to shell out. I believe the reason most people ask about cost is that it is something they can understand. Most people don’t know enough about the details of estate planning to compare anything but the dollar bills.

Here are some fun analogies to drive home the point. [Read more…] about Estate Planning Rates