Category: Family
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When you love someone with dementia
When you love someone with dementia, you lose the same person twice. As defined by the Mayo Clinic, Dementia is a group of symptoms that affect memory, thinking, and social abilities. Several different diseases cause dementia Alzheimer’s is one of the most common and well-known forms of dementia. At Rebecca Mason Law, we counsel many…
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Planning To Ensure Your Independence this 4th of July
Jul 4, 2020 | Estate Planning, Rebecca Mason Law Blog For the first time in 15yrs, we are not celebrating our independence by walking in the Racine 4th of July parade. We are all sad about this and it underscores the uncertainty of 2020. As we consider Independence Day 2020, a lesson we can learn from this…
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Happy Father’s Day, dad
my father posted on Facebook that he tripped and fell while on a walk and ended up having to go to the ER. Although we were Facebook friends, we had not talked in years.
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YEAR IN REVIEW – 2019
2019 has been a year of growth for the Rebecca Mason Law firm. Early in 2019, it became clear that the firm’s workload was too high for me to be out of the office two full days each week at the Municipal Court. After I made sure that the court had transitioned from its carbon-less…
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You Can’t Take It With You! – A Halloween Candy Story.
After a night of trick or treating, our son consumes nearly all of his Halloween candy before we make it home. If it were left up to him, he would eat the entire bucket that night. In contrast, one of our daughters will first organize her candy into chocolate, gummy, hard candy, etc. She will…
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Elder Law Attorney v. Internet
In the age of Pinterest boards, YouTube videos, and political Tweets a “do it yourself” mentality pervades our society. DIY can be a good route for home decor, it’s not always the best idea for estate planning. An experienced elder law attorney can help you put together an estate plan that works for you, your…
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When Beneficiary Designations Fail
Beneficiary designations are an efficient and effective way to transfer your inheritance to your loved ones without them having to go through a costly and lengthy probate. In many cases, it is relatively simple. As an example, let’s imagine our client, Sue, is a widow with two adult children. Sue wants them to inherit her…
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If friends jumped off a cliff, would you follow?
“You must live in the present, launch yourself on every wave, find your eternity in each moment. Fools stand on their island of opportunities and look toward another land. There is no other land; there is no other life but this.” Henry David Thoreau A little earlier this summer, we took our kids to Door…
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1 thing your Graduate might not Be Considering…
My Facebook and Instagram feed is filled with excited posts about friends’ children’s graduations and their decisions about which colleges they will be attending. This is certainly an exciting time of the year. So much effort has gone into preparing for this moment! At the risk of spoiling this celebratory time, however, I recommend you…
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On Earth Day We asked… Can Estate Planning be Eco-Friendly?
My husband and I try to instill in our children a love for nature. This photo is of our middle daughter, Amelia, as we hiked through Johnson Park in Racine last fall. Living in such a beautiful part of the world, it’s easy to spend hours outside with loved ones. We take the kids hiking…
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