Estate planning is a lot like funeral planning. It’s something people know they SHOULD do, but somehow they never get around to it. Then someone goes and dies and it’s too late to be prepared.
This week’s episode of A Good Goodbye TV focuses on the legal and financial issues that every adult needs to address BEFORE there’s a death in the family.
Attorney Jim Plitz with Morris, Hall and Kinghorn
Jim Plitz with Morris, Hall & Kinghorn, an estate planning law firm with offices in Arizona and New Mexico, is the special guest interviewed on this show. He provides great information on topics such as:
Who needs to do estate planning?
What happens when you die with no plans in place?
What is probate and why do people want to avoid it?
What “stuff” is part of estate planning?
Are advance directives and living wills part of estate planning?
What is a trust and who needs to set one up?
What should people do at a minimum to put their affairs in order?
A Good Goodbye: Funeral Planning for Those Who Don’t Plan to Die is currently airing on Albuquerque’s Comcast cable system on the uPUBLIC.tv Channels 26 and 27. Each episode of A Good Goodbye is scheduled as follows:
On Channel 26, you can see this episode starting on Mondays at 2:00 p.m. and Sundays at 3:30 p.m.
On Channel 27, the program also airs Wednesdays at 11:30 p.m. and Sundays at 5:30 p.m.
Episodes will also appear on both channels in additional unscheduled repeats.
If you are interested in further discussion of estate planning, wills, trusts, and pet trusts, download the podcast of Gail Rubin’s interview with Jim Plitz on A Good Goodbye Radio, recorded July 24, 2013. This program was sponsored by the American Academy of Estate Planning Attorneys.
A Good Goodbye TV is an educational and entertaining 14-episode series of 30-minute programs with expert interviews on “everything you need to know before you go.” Host Gail Rubin brings a light touch to a serious subject. Like her award-winning book, A Good Goodbye: Funeral Planning for Those Who Don’t Plan to Die, the television program covers information most people don’t know about until faced with a death in the family.
A Good Goodbye TV sponsors include: FRENCH Funerals-Cremations, Compassion and Choices, Katzman Monument Company, the estate planning law firm of Morris, Hall & Kinghorn, artistic urns by Shine on Brightly, and the website Funeralwise.com.
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DVD 3 Death and Taxes: A Primer on Finances and Funerals – estate planning, financial planning, cost management
DVD 4 Good Grief! Save Money, Live and Die Better – Medicaid and more, advance directives, grief counseling
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