America's "Great Wealth Transfer" contains the promise of inheritance - over $50 trillion in assets for our children and grandchildren - but also hidden peril. Inheritance heists are a real threat to seniors and their families. As the Baby Boomer generation enters its twilight years, the opportunities for elder financial exploitation only grow. It's easy to overlook the danger that a lifetime of hard work, a family's entire legacy, can be hijacked by thieves who are close to the assets dur...

The fall takes four seconds. The consequences take the rest of a life.A traumatic brain injury does not announce itself. The CT scan comes back clean. The patient walks out of the emergency room. Weeks later the family is trying to explain to a claims adjuster why a person who looks fine cannot hold a job, follow a conversation, or remember the name of a grandchild.After a California physician survived a devastating car accident, he spent sixty-three days in a coma and emer...

In THE WOLF AT THE DOOR, veteran California attorney and elder financial abuse writer Michael Hackard draws from forty years of legal experience to advise families, caregivers, and professionals who work with seniors what elder financial abuse is, how to identify it, and—most importantly—what to do if abuse is suspected. As the baby boomer generation rapidly ages into retirement, elder financial abuse threatens to become a national epidemic. If not addressed early and aggressively, this un...

Tug of War is the first book of its kind. Written by a sitting family court judge in layman's language, it demystifies complex family law concepts and procedures, clearly explains how family court works, and gives parents essential alternatives to resolve their own custody battles and keep their kids out of the often damaging court system. Breakup rates in North America are skyrocketing. Recent statistics say 45% of marriages end in divorce, and at the centre are countless children, thrust...

Stepping Lightly Around the Pitfalls of Estate Planning...Estate planning is one of those unpleasant but really important tasks. Unfortunately, the process is not only hard to get started, it is then easy to make mistakes. Even the most careful and well-intentioned person can slip up along the way. Avoid the pitfalls! The 50 Biggest Estate Planning Mistakes outlines the major mistakes and their consequences in an entertaining way-and then proceeds to tell ...

Get answers to your legal questions — in plain English!Find out how to protect your family, your money, your job, and your rightsIf you're like most people, you probably don't know much about your legal rights and responsibilities — until you run smack-dab into a messy legal problem. Now revised and updated, this friendly guide helps you get a handle on a wide range of everyday legal issues, decipher legal mumbo-jumbo — and come out on top.Discover ...

Women are still discovering-the hard way-just how difficult and unpredictable child custody cases can be. The first and most comprehensive book of its kind, this is a complete insider's guide filled with crucial advice from judges, lawyers, therapists, and mothers who have experienced this challenging legal process. It is designed for women at every stage of divorce and covers a wide range of legal strategies, as well as financial and psychological issues. This updated edition describes ho...

After years of school and maybe even after some years of practice, you are ready to do it on your own.Running a profitable business takes more than just being a great doctor. Start Your Own Medical Practice provides you with the knowledge to be both a great doctor and a successful business owner.Whether you are looking to open a single practice office or wanting to go into partnership with other colleagues, picking the right location, hiring the ri...

You’re getting divorced. You want out or he wants out, but either way you’re tempted to bend over backward just to get it over with. The result: You get screwed. How screwed? Consider this: the average woman experiences a 45 percent drop in her standard of living after divorce; 45 percent of children living with a divorced mother live at or near the poverty line; only about 45 percent of custodial parents due child support payments receive the full amount. In Hit Him Where It Hurts

Own your case! Lawyers are there to run a divorce case but handing the lot to them to sort out is unhelpful and costly and, in various ways, not in either party's best interests. This practical, clear, and up-to-date ebook describes each step of the divorce process, with all the jargon and terms explained. Author Dominique Grubisa, a practicing family law barrister, suggests, in an even-handed manner, the contribution the divorcees themselves can make, how they can take the application p...

For many, the first home they purchase is a condo. What seems like an apartment that you own, in fact comes with a lot more responsibilities than a single-family home as you and your neighbors are sharing walls, floors and other common areas. The Condo Owner's Answer Book covers all of the common issues with condos and condominium ownership presented in easy-to-follow question and answer format. It addresses the unique and specific type of home ownership that comes with buying and owning a...

With one in three marriages now ending in divorce, it is imperative to be informed of the pitfalls, challenges and legal aspects involved in divorce and separation. Other rules and laws may apply to the many couples who prefer to cohabit rather than get married, but they, too, need to be informed of their rights when the relationship breaks down. Everyone’s Guide to Divorce and Separation will help with the following crucial aspects:* your rights when you get divorced, and the mone...