Word: planners
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...that there were no tensions. Mormon culture, for all its energy and sterling family values, can seem triumphal and even clannish to outsiders. Ken Millard, a Latter-day Saint who is also Nauvoo's city planner, admits that even after a century's exile, some Mormon tourists exhibited "an arrogance and ownership" regarding the town. Main Street merchants traded stories about shoppers who, arriving at the checkout, inquired, "Are you a Saint?" and if the answer was no, walked out, leaving the clerk holding...
...Capshaw, 52, is thrilled to be teaching math in a Bronx, N.Y., school district, she is aware of the price she paid for leaving American Express in 1992. "It has taken me eight years," she reports, "to catch up to the $52,000 I was making as a financial planner...
...discussion needs to remain civil, so don't blame or accuse. If your family leans toward the dysfunctional, a mediator might help--an elder-law attorney, financial planner or even a family therapist...
...Most wills are too simple," warns Martin Shenkman, a New York tax attorney and estate planner. "You should ask 'what if' to the point you don't care anymore." Who gets what in the event of a child's death or divorce is a key consideration. A living will designates someone to make health-care decisions should you become unable to. A durable power of attorney designates someone to make legal and financial decisions should you become unable...
...legal problems for the elderly. "No decision is a decision, usually for less appropriate, more expensive services and more agony for family members." If the parents haven't disclosed any information, "it is a nightmare to unwind the details of the estate," says Michael Davis, an Orlando, Fla., financial planner. "Then the onus is on the child, who not only has lost a parent but now also has this terrible burden"--one that is both financial (paying expenses out of pocket, which may not be reimbursed for months) and emotional (guessing what a parent wanted...