At Law Office of Scott C. Soady, A Professional Corporation, we want to make sure our clients and other seniors in San Diego are aware of matters important to them. Medicare is the nation’s largest health care plan covering nearly 40 million Americans. From November 15 until the end of…
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Useful Information When Traveling Abroad
San Diego is home to many retirees and others who love to travel. The U.S. Dept. of State has useful information about traveling abroad. At their website you can access information about passports, registering your travel abroad, taking medicines on your trip, customs and import information, and immunizations required for…
Deadline Approaches for Property Tax Relief
San Diego is 5th on a list of cities with the biggest decline in home values, behind Las Vegas, Miami, Phoenix, and Los Angeles. The median price of a home in San Diego this month is $380,000 down 20% from a year ago. Hit hard by the increase in foreclosures…
Sarah Palin’s Son Trig Raises Public Awareness about Special Needs Children
Vice Presidential candidate Sarah Palin’s 5 month old son who has Down Syndrome has caused an increase in public awareness about children with special needs. Special needs children are those that need extra care whether because of a developmental disability, autism, cerebral palsy, mental retardation, or other physical or mental…
Estate Taxes and the Presidential Election
When someone dies, estate taxes have to be paid if the estate is large enough. Under the current law, the federal estate tax exemption is $2 million. This means that no estate taxes will have to be paid on estates under $2 million and for couples, assets of less than…
Update on the Estate of Heath Ledger
Nine months after the death of Heath Ledger, his
San Diego and Fire Preparedness
In San Diego we are familiar with Santa Ana conditions and a lengthy fire season from May through October. The communities of Rancho Bernardo, Poway, Rancho Santa Fe, Ramona, and Escondido still have not completely recovered from last year’s Witch Fire. Are you more educated now than you were a…
Can Children Born After Their Parent’s Death Inherit?
San Diego, like many other large cities is on the cutting edge of technology and has a number of sperm banks, egg banks, and cryopreservation companies for storage of reproductive material. With the advent of techniques such as invitro fertilization and cryopreservation of sperm, eggs, and embryos, children may be…
San Diego County: Bicycle Safety
In San Diego, the San Diego County Bicycle Coalition has many different tips and advice to help riders. There is also a You Tube website which has information from the NHTSA on bicycle safety. At our law firm of Law Office of Scott C. Soady, A Professional Corporation, LLP we…
Be Careful What You Click!
It can happen in a second!. You click your mouse on a website and all sorts of things can happen. Because of the high tech nature of the internet, you can shop from your home computer in San Diego and purchase a product from anywhere in the U.S., China, Australia,…