Category Archives: Wills

maps of the territory

Posted on April 13, 2014 by dgermann

I have maps of the territory and can act as your guide. :- Doug.

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If we did things to save taxes we may no longer

Posted on December 20, 2013 by dgermann

If we did things to save taxes we may no longer need those things. This is true these days of estate and inheritance taxes. It is sometimes more true as we grow in age. :- Doug.

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Heirs and prisoners

Posted on December 12, 2013 by dgermann

We are the heirs of the scientific revolution. In that we are also its prisoners. We are set free on a campus with high walls and closed gates. :- Doug.

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worth doing cheaply

Posted on August 17, 2013 by dgermann

The trust mills are staffed by people who believe anything worth doing is worth doing cheaply. :- Doug.

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I don’t care whether we use probate….

Posted on June 24, 2013 by dgermann

I don’t care whether we use probate or some other tool: let’s just get the job done. :- Doug.

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You want a commodity Will: That is not the kind of Will I do, and no one does well for you who does that. Every Will is for a particular person. The Wills of Husbands and Wives always mean different … Continue reading →

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Something larger for your Will

Posted on December 3, 2012 by dgermann

In your Will you might leave your loved ones a larger thing than you’ve already got figured out. :- Doug.

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First, live well together….

Posted on October 9, 2012 by dgermann

First, live well together; second, see how the money parts can serve your living. :- Doug.

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Wills and Trusts are not difficult complex things

Posted on August 2, 2012 by dgermann

The difficult complex things in families are not how we write a Will or a Trust or a deed. Rather they are in getting conversations going, deciding directions, making life choices. People keep these to themselves often out of avoiding … Continue reading →

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Love letters to our families

Posted on July 8, 2012 by dgermann

Wills, Trusts, Powers of Attorney, Personal Care Agreements, Living Wills, end of life caring, Long-Term Caring: I help people write love letters to their families. :- Doug.

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Vending machine picture of law

Posted on May 14, 2012 by dgermann

Many times we have a vending machine picture of law: put in a coin, out comes a certain result, predictably. Time by time we find we are in a flowing stream with 10,000 variables floating past, each can touch us, … Continue reading →

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Will me a secret

Posted on April 22, 2012 by dgermann

Will me a secret Playful one Will me a piece of junk That I have the fun Of figuring why you’d Will me that Secret :- Doug.

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The art of the continually unfolding possible

Posted on April 5, 2012 by dgermann

In a law suit our lawyer said, “It’s only about the money.” But now as I consider, life is about What’s possible now? Law is the art of the possible. The art of the continually unfolding possible. :- Doug.

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Will us eyes

Posted on April 1, 2012 by dgermann

Will us eyes eyes you have loved ones with crinkles in the corner ones which pull on dimples ones with tears and ones which see into your deeps :- Doug.

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Bequeath someon a dream

Posted on March 31, 2012 by dgermann

Bequeath someone a dream better yet, devise it for it is real :- Doug.

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Give a broken thing

Posted on March 30, 2012 by dgermann

Give a broken thing Broken things still have songs left in them :- Doug.

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Something they might throw away

Posted on March 30, 2012 by dgermann

Will someone something they might throw away —and tell them why they might want to keep it —or tell them they will figure it out for themselves —because you might learn your value or figure it out —maybe it will … Continue reading →

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