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		<title>Update your powers of attorney and health care proxies</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 12 May 2012 13:53:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Many power of attorney and health care proxy documents that were created years ago should be revised now as a result of a federal medical privacy law. The law, known as HIPAA, generally prevents health care providers from disclosing your personal medical information to anyone but you and someone you’ve named as your “personal representative.” [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What you need to know if you’re going to hire an architect</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 May 2012 13:23:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hiring an architect to design a home, a commercial building, or a new addition can be very exciting. But there can be some traps for the unwary in the fine print of the contract, and you’ll want to have an attorney look it over in order to protect your rights. Here’s just one example: Who [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Who’s responsible for damage from a fallen tree?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Apr 2012 13:18:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A big storm comes up and knocks down a tree in Bob’s yard. It falls over the property line and damages his neighbor Janet’s car. Is he legally liable for the damage? As with much in the law, it depends. Generally, though, Bob would be responsible if he knew the tree was in danger of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Federal estate tax law affects widows and widowers who have plans to remarry</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Apr 2012 13:36:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Widows and widowers who are considering remarriage should be aware that a new federal tax law could potentially make a huge difference in how much of their assets they are able to leave to their heirs after taxes. In general, anyone who is considering remarriage later in life should talk to an estate planning attorney [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Beware buying a condo that’s new construction</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Mar 2012 13:12:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[With the real estate market still in the doldrums, a lot of people are thinking that this is a good opportunity to buy a brand new condominium, rather than one in an older community. New construction has a lot of advantages – but it can also be more complicated, and there are some potential trouble [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Prevent a potential will contest when making your will.</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Mar 2012 17:34:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[People are sometimes concerned that after they die, a beneficiary (or more likely a non-beneficiary) will go to court to contest their will. Typically, a disgruntled would-be heir might claim that the person who made the will wasn’t mentally competent, or was under undue influence from some other person. These types of will contests can [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New disability access requirements will take effect in early 2012</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Feb 2012 17:17:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Americans With Disabilities Act was passed 20 years ago and required retail and other commercial business owners to renovate their properties to make them accessible to the disabled. For the first time since then, the U.S. government has comprehensively revised the requirements. The new requirements will go into effect on March 15, 2012. The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Buying or selling real estate at an auction can be complicated</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Feb 2012 22:50:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A small but growing percentage of real estate is being sold at auction. The advantage of an auction for a seller is that the property will definitely be sold quickly, although usually at a lower price. So auctions often attract sellers who simply want to unload a property, such as a lender that has foreclosed [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Some estates can save money by filing tax returns – even if they don’t have to</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:27:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[And people with older wills should have them reviewed now, due to a new law from Congress A federal estate tax return doesn’t have to be filed every time someone dies. In fact, most estates never have to file one. In 2011 and 2012, a return has to be filed only if the person’s estate [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How to get a better appraisal value for your property</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 22:46:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Home appraisers are the unofficial umpires of residential real estate sales, deciding whether offering prices are fair or foul. But much more often than in the past, they’re striking out deals and sending buyers and sellers back to the dugout. Each month, between 10 and 20 percent of real estate agents are seeing accepted offers [...]]]></description>
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