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Frank & Kraft, Attorneys at Law
June, 2026 – Can Your Plan Survive Creditors and Courts?
This issue’s articles include:
- Giving with Guardrails
- Keep Assets Clear of Courts
- Grilled Whole Chicken and Vegetables
- Facts Beyond the History Books
- Love, Legacy, and the Law
March, 2026 – Your Estate Plan Isn’t Just For Death
This issue’s articles include:
- A Plan That Speaks for You When You Can’t
- Protecting Crypto Beyond Your Lifetime
- St. Patrick’s Day Shamrock Swirl Pie
- Brides Who Wore Parachutes
- A Rock Star Lesson in Wills
September, 2025 – Frights In Your Future
This issue’s articles include:
- Ghosts of Plans Past
- Get Ahead of Life’s Surprises With a Rock-Solid Estate Plan
- Grilled Teriyaki Flank Steak
- Yes, You Should Be Washing Your Pet’s Bowl Every Day
- Legacy Lessons From Michael Crichton
June, 2025 – Planning For A Lifetime Of Care
This issue’s articles include:
- Frank & Kraft Can Help You Protect What Matters Most
- Pass Down More Than Just Money
- Simple Summer Garden Pasta | The Home Giving Students a Future
- Allison Holker’s Financial Nightmare
March, 2025 – A Fresh Look At Your Estate Plan
This issue’s articles include:
- Supercharge Your Estate Strategy
- Loopholes And Pitfalls In College Financial Aid Rules
- Not Your Mom’s Corned Beef And Cabbage Prep Your Pets for Disasters
- How The DOL’s Final Rule Protects Retirement Investors
December, 2024 – Talk It Out
This issue’s articles include:
- Family Meetings For A Smooth Estate Transition
- Top Questions About Estate Planning Demystified
- Chicken Caprese Salad Porky Myths and High Society
- Estate Planning Essentials For Young Adults
September, 2024 – Caregiver’s Compass
This issue’s articles include:
- How To Stay Energized And Effective While Caring For Others
- 2024 Sees Rise In Transfer Tax Exemptions
- Tasty Turkey Meatloaf Parks Pave The Way for Accessibility
- Eminem’s Family Feud
June, 2024 – Future-Proof Your Family
This issue’s articles include:
- How Your Estate Plan Can Save Your Family’s Tomorrow
- How A Pet Husky Prevented Disaster Using A Trust For Wealth Preservation
- Summer Chicken Salad The History Behind Women Eating Alone in Restaurants
- Steiner’s Emotional Road To Olympic Glory
March, 2024 – Do You Need To Update Your Estate Plan?
This issue’s articles include:
- Is Your Estate Plan Keeping Up With Your Life?
- How Low-Cost Index Funds Can Maximize Your 401(k)
- Bell Pepper Sandwich Ensure Your Assets Are Distributed Wisely
- Embrace the Empty Nest
December, 2023 – Is Your Living Trust Fully Funded?
This issue’s articles include:
- Your Year-End Living Trust Review Checklist
- Your Holiday Reading List: Expert Financial Advice For Every Generation
- Skillet Chicken Pot Pie | 4 Senior-Friendly Technologies
- Home Tips To Prepare for Winter
September, 2023 – Call Us First!
This issue’s articles include:
- Don’t Do Anything Until You Call Us!
- Want To Protect Your Assets? Avoid These Inclusions In Your Will
- Walnut And Blue Cheese Tomato Salad Improve Your Pet’s Health With These Kibble-Enhancing Tips
- Step-Up In Basis Will Save You Tax Dollars
June, 2023 – From The Backseat To Co-Trustee
This issue’s articles include:
- How Children Can Repay Their Parents
- Should You Wait To Claim Social Security? Bringing Kids’ Ideas To Life
- Roasted Sweet Potato Arugula Salad Why Every Estate Plan Needs A Power of Attorney
- 4 Sons, 4 Wills, And An Ongoing Battle
Your Estate Matters Newsletter, Vol. 27.4
This issue’s articles include:
- When Safe Isn’t Actually Secure
- How to Manage Chronic Pain
- How to Deliver a Meaningful Eulogy
- How Your Retirement Accounts Are Impacted
- Can You Guess This Legacy?
Your Estate Matters Newsletter, Vol. 27.3
This issue’s articles include:
- Second Time’s a Charm
- The Joy of Foster Parenting
- No Longer Behind the Wheel? Not a Problem
- International Estate Planning
- What’s In a Legacy?
Your Estate Matters Newsletter, Vol. 27.2
This issue’s articles include:
- Do You Have a Blended Family?
- The Changing Demographics of Military Veterans
- No plan? That’s a Huge Problem
- Do-It-Yourself Estate Plans
- Can You Guess this Legacy?
Your Estate Matters Newsletter, Vol. 27.1
This issue’s articles include:
- Refinancing Your Home…The Unintended Consequences for Your Estate Plan
- Aging in Place
- Want to Organize your Recipes?
- Estate Planning for Young Families
- Can You Guess this Legacy?
Your Estate Matters Newsletter, Vol. 26.4
This issue’s articles include:
- When Parents Become Parents…To Their Grandchildren
- When a Pet Is More Than a Companion
- There’s an App for That
- Parting May Be Sweet Sorrow
- Can You Guess this Legacy?
Your Estate Matters Newsletter, Vol. 26.3
This issue’s articles include:
- Need to Provide for a Disabled Loved One?
- Since Gardening Is Good for You…
- Surprising Senior Discounts
- The Shrinking Estate Tax Exclusion
- Can You Guess this Legacy?
Your Estate Matters Newsletter, Vol. 26.2
This issue’s articles include:
- Fair May Not Be Equal
- Exploring the World…from Home
- Taking Care of Aging Parents
- What the ‘Brady Bunch’ Never Discussed
- Can You Guess this Legacy?
Your Estate Matters Newsletter, Vol. 26.1
This issue’s articles include:
- Telemedicine Grows Increasingly Popular
- The Many Faces of Retirement
- Staying Fit at home
- Is Your Estate Plan Up to Date?
- Can You Guess this Legacy?
Your Estate Matters Newsletter, Vol. 25.4
This issue’s articles include:
- The Science of Happiness
- The Advantages of Being Over 50
- Loneliness Can Actually Be Toxic
- When Time Is Short
Your Estate Matters Newsletter, Vol. 25.3
This issue’s articles include:
- Teaching Children the Value of Money
- How One Word Can Boost Your Mood by 25 Percent
- Combating Ageism in the Workplace
- Do You Have an IRA?
Your Estate Matters Newsletter, Vol. 25.2
This issue’s articles include:
- Need to Provide for a Loved One with a Disability?
- Helping a Loved One Cope
- The New Faces of Giving
- Planning for the Possibility of Long-Term Care
- Can You Guess this Legacy?
Your Estate Matters Newsletter, Vol. 25.1
This issue’s articles include:
- How to Be Your Own Healthcare Advocate
- How to Create Your Own Advisor Network
- Sleep Deprivation Won’t Just Leave You Tired
- Estate Planning for Blended Families
- Can You Guess this Legacy?
Your Estate Matters Newsletter, Vol. 24.4
This issue’s articles include:
- Family Get-Togethers Could Be the Perfect Time to Talk About Your Estate Plan
- Want to Leave a Lasting Legacy?
- Tips for Healthier Recipes
- The 7 Goals of an Effective Estate Plan
- Can You Guess this Legacy?
Your Estate Matters Newsletter, Vol. 24.3
This issue’s articles include:
- Celebrity Estate Planning Mistakes Everyone Can Learn From
- The Benefits of Lifelong Learning
- Want to Improve Your Memory?
- The Grey Divorce Epidemic
- Can You Guess this Legacy?
Your Estate Matters Newsletter, Vol. 24.2
This issue’s articles include:
- Avoid the Opioid Addiction Epidemic
- Safe Traveling Tips for Seniors
- Retirement Planning
- Taking Retirement Distributions
- Can You Guess this Legacy?
Your Estate Matters Newsletter, Vol. 24.1
This issue’s articles include:
- When is the Best Time to Start Planning for Next Year’s Taxes?
- The Ins and Outs of 529 Plans
- Scent Preservation Kits? They Really Work
- Does a Child You Love Have Special Needs?
- Can You Guess this Legacy?
Your Estate Matters Newsletter, Vol. 23.4
This issue’s articles include:
- Social Media Friends Versus Connecting in Person
- The Stress Factor
- Avoid Family Disputes Over Asset Distribution
- Different Beneficiaries, Different Trusts
- Guess This Legacy
Your Estate Matters Newsletter, Vol. 23.3
This issue’s articles include:
- Retirement Isn’t Time to Slow Down
- 4 Things You Need to Live a Happy Life
- 8 Reasons to Focus on Estate Planning Now
- Estate Planning for Blended Families
- Legacy: Monty Hall
- The Best Way to Learn Anything (Optional)
Your Estate Matters Newsletter, Vol. 23.2
This issue’s articles include:
- To Downsize or Not to Downsize
- With Age Comes Medications
- Walking is Great for Seniors with Dementia
- Will You Become a Parent’s Caregiver?
- Legacy: Roger Moore
- Therapy Dogs in Funeral Homes (Optional)
Your Estate Matters Newsletter, Vol. 23.1
This issue’s articles include:
- How to Protect Yourself from Identity Theft
- Ready to Move to an Adult Community? If You Had Dementia
- 7 Things Your Trust Can Do
- Legacy: Jerry Lewis
- Trying to Find Highly Rated Health Care? (Optional)
Your Estate Matters Newsletter, Vol. 22.4
This issue’s articles include:
- Student Loans and… Seniors?
- Want to Enjoy Your Retirement Years with Less Stress?
- How to Work Well with Younger Colleagues
- Prepare Because You Care
- Legacy: Debbie Reynolds
- Science Says Reading Is Great for Your Health (Optional)
Your Estate Matters Newsletter, Vol. 22.3
This issue’s articles include:
- When the Time Comes, how Do You Want to Go?
- Planning for Disability
- Caring from a Distance Remarriage
- Legacy: Mary Tyler Moore
- Like Fine Wine, Happiness Improves with Age (Optional)
Your Estate Matters Newsletter, Vol. 22.2
This issue’s articles include:
- When Interest Rates Are Low
- Are You at Risk of “Polypharmacy”?
- 3 Surprising Things That Increase the Risk of Dementia
- Planning a Charitable Donation
- Legacy: Gene Wilder
- Children Are Often Caregivers (Optional)
Your Estate Matters Newsletter, Vol. 22.1
This issue’s articles include:
- Is Someone You Love Depressed?
- Preserving the Legacy of the Greatest Generation
- No Longer Able to Drive? No Problem
- Your Service Animal is There for You
- Legacy: Bea Arthur
- The Best Smartphones for Seniors (Optional)
Your Estate Matters Newsletter, Vol. 21.4
This issue’s articles include:
- Safety for the 21st Century
- Creating an Alzheimer’s Friendly Home
- 9 Habits of People Who Don’t Get Sick
- Estate planning solutions for dementia
- Legacy: Dick Van Patten
- Aging: When Is It Time to Give Up Guns? (Optional)
Your Estate Matters Newsletter, Vol. 21.3
This issue’s articles include:
- Becoming an Orphan
- 6 Questions to Ask Before an Aging Parent Moves In
- Home Security
- Wisdom of Never Giving Assets to the Kids (or Grandkids)
- Legacy: Patty Duke
- 6 Ways Age Changes How We Travel (Optional)
Your Estate Matters Newsletter, Vol. 21.2C
This issue’s articles include:
- How to Help De-Clutter Your Parents’ Home
- Put Your Skills to Profitable Use (Starting a side business)
- Don’t Miss These Retirement Planning Deadlines
- Is Your Estate Plan Out of Date?
- Legacy: Glenn Frey
- Pets and Seniors: A Perfect Match (Optional)
Your Estate Matters Newsletter, Vol. 21.1
This issue’s articles include:
- Young Families
- Managing Prescriptions
- How to Dispose of Prescription Drugs Properly
- Flexibility of Trusts
- Legacy: Rosie the Riveter
- Using Technology to Keep Track of Valuables (Optional)
