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We had a record number of attendees for this month’s First Friday Networking at Noon event. We covered topics such as how to avoid probate, and how the new tax reform affects estate planning. If you haven’t read or listened to our prior blogs/podcasts, consider these links: Differences between a Revocable and Irrevocable Trust, How the Probate Process Works, and 3 Ways to Avoid Probate.
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Chadwicke L. Groover Bio
Chad Groover is the managing shareholder at Upstate Elder Law, PA. His law practice focuses on estate planning, probate administration, long term care planning, Medicaid qualification, special needs trusts, and guardianship/conservatorship actions. Prior to beginning his private practice here in Greenville, Chad served as a Special Assistant United States Attorney prosecuting federal narcotics and firearms crime and as a Counsel on the Republican staff of the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee, Subcommittee on Crime. He is a deacon at Cornerstone Baptist Church. He and his wife Gwen have two children, Ava and Wills.
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