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Does your pet need Neuticles?
As discussed previously on this blog, the love owners have for their pets transcends death as documented by studies revealing that between 12% and 27% of pet owners include their…
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Seminars for Pet Owners
Amy Shever, Director, 2nd Chance 4 Pets, is hosting a "webinar" entitled Lifetime Care for Pets: Ensuring that pets will be cared for should they outlive their human companions on…
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Pet Trust Teleconference
A teleconference entitled Don’t Forget the Family Pet! (Pet Trusts and other Estate Planning Devices for the Care of Companion Animals) will be sponsored by the ABA Tort Trial &…
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Cats vs. Dogs
The love owners have for their pets transcend death as documented by studies revealing that between 12% and 27% of pet owners include their pets in their wills. The popular…
Pension Risk Matters
Pensions for Pets?
With an estimated $40 billion at stake, pets are a big business. According to the American Pet Products Manufacturers Association, 63 percent of U.S. households own a pet with more…
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“Client Friendly” Discussion of Estate Planning for Pet Owners
A one-page description of estate planning for pet owners is found in Providing for Your Pet's Future Without You, 69 Tex. B.J. 1025 (2006).For more information, see Estate Planning for…
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Bling-Bling and More for Pets
I frequently discuss estate planning for pets on this blog. You may follow these links for a general article, state statutes, sample forms, and a comprehensive list of resources on…
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Virginia and Pet Trusts
More People Leave Big Inheritances To Fido, Fluffy, KSAT.com, Sept. 20, 2006, provides a discussion of Virginia's pet trust statute which took effect on July 1, 2006.Estate lawyer Montgomery Knight…
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Parrots and Estate Planning
On Saturday, September 16, 2006, I had the pleasure of speaking at a seminar sponsored by the Phoenix Landing Foundation in Alexandria, Virginia. My presentation was entitled Prepare for Your…
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Estate Planning for Pet Owners — A Pennsylvania Perspective
Neil E. Hendershot of the Harrisburg, Pennsylvania law firm of Goldberg Katzman, P.C., has recently published his article entitled What the General Practitioner Needs to Know About Pennsylvania Animal Law…