Monthly Archives: November 2012
Specialized Courts for Veterans Can Help Reclaim Lives
Justice may be blind, but that doesn’t mean the people who administer courts can’t see the distinctions that exist between those who find themselves in legal difficulties. In the past two decades or so, specialized courts have been created to deal with drug offenders, those with mental illness and even prostitutes. After all, most… Read More »
Wise Estate Planning is Never One and Done
Sometimes it must seem as if plans devised for estate and investment planning are like city buses: another one will be along shortly, headed in a completely different direction. It is simply a fact, and admittedly a frustrating one for advisors and clients alike, that the world and people’s lives are changing so rapidly,… Read More »
Diagnosis of Dementia Isn’t an End to Making Legal Decisions
Alzheimer’s is insidious. The definitions of that somewhat old-fashioned term in the Meriam Webster Dictionary include “awaiting a chance to entrap” and “developing so gradually as to be well established before becoming apparent.” Those all perfectly describe Alzheimer’s disease and dementia, and it is the subtle onset of loss of memory and cognitive abilities… Read More »
Discrimination: It’s Not Just for Young People, Anymore
A group of people who probably rarely if ever experienced discrimination in their lives could be in for a big surprise. And an unpleasant one. “Elderly people experience a type of discrimination that’s prevalent, and it has nothing to do with the color of their skin, their religion or socio-economic status,” Marlo Sollitto writes… Read More »