Maybe you want probate. Maybe you want the court procedures involving a judge. But know that it usually means at least a year until your heirs get their money. And also know that significant attorney's fees will be part of the process.
A high-profile Omaha personal injury attorney passed away recently. He owned over two million dollars worth of Douglas County real estate in his own name. His estate is headed for county court. Again, maybe that's what he wanted. But my view is that his heirs would have been better served with a revocable living trust. It's quicker and the attorney's fees to administer the estate are way less. ...
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New Alzheimer’s research; looks promising
Indiana University School of Medicine researchers found that niacin limits Alzheimer's disease progression when used in models in the lab, a discovery that could potentially pave the way toward therapeutic approaches to the disease.
The study, recently published in Science Translational Medicine, investigates how niacin modulates microglia response to amyloid plaques in an Alzheimer's disease animal model.
In the brain, niacin interacts with a highly-selective receptor, HCAR2, present in immune cells physically associated with amyloid plaques. When niacin-;used in this project as the FDA-approved Niaspan drug-;activates the receptor, it ...
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A Cautionary Tale for the Unmarried
A woman who worked in my building died of Covid-19 this week. She was 52 and, as far as I knew, was healthy. It was a total shock to learn of this.
I had met with her about a month ago for an hour. She was a real firecracker; full of life.
From our meeting I thought she was married and had three children. It turns out that she wasn't married and had no children.
If she didn't have a will, the man she considered her partner and his children will get no part of her estate. You see, the State of Nebraska has a plan for your estate even if you don't have a will or revocable living trust. And that plan doesn't include giving property to a ...
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