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		<title>What if the Estate Tax Could Affect You?  &#8211; Part Two</title>
		<description><![CDATA[By Doug Casarella &#8211; St. Louis, MO Attorney and LegalBuffet.com writer
In part one of this article, we learned that two common deductions used to reduce estate tax liability were the marital and charitable deductions. 
The marital deduction is one the most powerful tools at your disposal for reducing or eliminating estate tax liability (or at [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What if the Estate Tax Could Affect You?  &#8211; Part One</title>
		<description><![CDATA[By Doug Casarella &#8211; St. Louis, MO Attorney and LegalBuffet.com writer
Estate planning most of the time involves the quartet of basic estate planning documents: a will; a trust; a financial power of attorney, and a health care power of attorney.  For many people across the spectrum of the middle class, the estate tax will [...]]]></description>
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		<title>More Things to Consider about a Health Care Power of Attorney</title>
		<description><![CDATA[By Doug Casarella &#8211; St. Louis, MO Attorney and LegalBuffet.com writer
Previously, we have outlined what a health care power of attorney is It is a legal document that, if it includes an advanced directive, or living will, sets out your wishes regarding care in case you were in a situation such as a persistent vegetative [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How Wills Work, Part Three</title>
		<description><![CDATA[By Doug Casarella &#8211; St. Louis, MO Attorney and LegalBuffet.com writer
In parts one and two of this series, we looked at a lot of the major parts of a will.  This time, we will wrap it up with a few of the subordinate (but still very much important) pieces of a will.  
Appointment [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How Wills Work, Part Two</title>
		<description><![CDATA[By Doug Casarella &#8211; St. Louis, MO Attorney and LegalBuffet.com writer
In part one of this article, we listed out the first few sections of what a basic legal will looks like.  Knowing the general contour and shape a will takes will be beneficial to you when you sit down to create one yourself, either [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How Wills Work, Part One</title>
		<description><![CDATA[By Doug Casarella &#8211; St. Louis, MO Attorney and LegalBuffet.com writer
Although the idea of writing a will is something that most everyone will consider at some point in their lives, many people until that point would have never seen one.  If asked, they might answer that they sort of know how one begins, “I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How Trusts Work, Part II</title>
		<description><![CDATA[By Doug Casarella &#8211; St. Louis, MO Attorney and LegalBuffet.com writer
In part one of this article, we looked at the most elemental aspects of what a trust is and the legal names associated with them.  In this part, we will look at how they can operate once they are in existence.
Distributions are when the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How Trusts Work Part I</title>
		<description><![CDATA[By Doug Casarella &#8211; St. Louis, MO Attorney and LegalBuffet.com writer
Trusts are fantastic tools for creating an effective estate plan.  Before you get that far, though, you may have some more fundamental questions.  For most people, estate planning will provide the first exposure they have ever had to a trust.  With that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What is Elder Law?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[By Doug Casarella &#8211; St. Louis, MO Attorney and LegalBuffet.com writer
Elder law is a concept that has grown over the past twenty years or so.  Its rise, not coincidentally, is connected to the large growth of senior citizens in this country.  And with the proportion of Americans aged 65 and over expected to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Completing What You Start &#8211; Funding Your Living Trust</title>
		<description><![CDATA[By Doug Casarella &#8211; St. Louis, MO Attorney and LegalBuffet.com writer
If you built a house with your own hands, you would not let it sit empty.  Similarly, you could create a fantastic estate plan for your life circumstances, but if you do not put it into motion, it is just words on a page. [...]]]></description>
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