Don’t Create a Legal Disaster as Your Legacy

elderly couple working with an estate planning attorney

Our estate planning attorneys at the Brady Cobin Law Group often get calls from families in the Raleigh area who are trying to untangle messes created by departed loved ones who thought they could use an online form to write a will. With so many instructional videos online, do-it-yourselfers try their hands at everything from…

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How Making Provisions for End-of-Life Care Helps Loved Ones

Most people avoid making decisions about end-of-life care, which can make an emergency situation much tougher for family members, who must make decisions without the benefit of knowing what you would have wanted. It’s unpleasant to think about, but apparently rocker Tom Petty did: he had thought about his end-of-life care and executed them using…

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A United Family Can Ease Suffering

Squabbling within the family can make a parent’s final days even more difficult. An end of life patient could find themselves in the middle of a family feud often fueled by long standing disagreements, according to the Washington Post in “A united family can make all the difference when someone is dying.” Doctors have a…

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The Bitter End a Living Will Prerequisite

Recently, while playing catch-up on some podcasts I had missed, I came across an episode of WNYC’s Radiolab, called The Bitter End. For those of you unfamiliar with Radiolab, it describes itself as “a show about curiosity. Where sound illuminates ideas, and the boundaries blur between science, philosophy, and human experience.” It’s some fantastic programming.…

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