For this special installment of Life’s Third Act, attorney and CPA Joe Cordell welcomes Arizona probate attorney Tom Asimo to discuss the legal response behind a complex elder protection case. This conversation concludes our three part series on the Rhonda Lynn Orr case and elder financial abuse.

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Attorney and CPA Joe Cordell walks through how a 92 year old woman’s life savings became the target in a family exploitation fight. In the second part of our three part series, Joe details the real life story behind our protection planning discussion. Mildred Callahan, a 92 year old retiree in Arizona living with dementia, had disinherited her niece Rhonda Lynn Orr back in 2013. Years later, Rhonda gained control of Mildred’s accounts, opened a credit card in her name, tapped her CD and annuity, and tried to move $200,000 in one transfer that Bank of America stopped.

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Many parents assume their children will step in to protect them as they age. Attorney and CPA Joe Cordell explains why that assumption can leave you vulnerable, and what to plan instead.

In this episode of Life’s Third Act, Joe lays out a practical message we call balance of life planning. As families live farther apart, face estrangement, and feel sandwich generation pressure, even loving kids may not be nearby, available, or suited to manage your finances and care alone. Joe walks through why vulnerability plus assets with no protector creates the perfect conditions for financial exploitation, and how tools like professional fiduciaries and co trusteeship can add a layer of protection.

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You can write a prenup that says anything. Getting a court to enforce it is the whole game. In the second part of our two part crossover with the No Judgement Podcast, estate planning attorney John Sauter and senior litigation partner Wil Halaz pick up where they left off and walk through what actually makes a prenuptial agreement hold up: reasonableness, consideration, time to review, and the terms a judge will simply throw out. They also settle the question almost everyone gets wrong, why keeping a separate bank account does not keep your money separate, and why a trust sometimes does the job better than an agreement.

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When divorce and estate planning collide, most people only think about the breakup, not the paperwork. In this crossover episode with the No Judgement Podcast, estate planning attorney John Sauter and litigation partner Wil Halaz sit down to tackle the intersection of family law and estate planning, and why a prenuptial agreement may be the most powerful planning tool you never considered.

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A real life example can teach you more than a hundred hypotheticals. In this episode, Joe shares the story of a friend’s brother, a 75-year-old retired physician who spent his life saving carefully, built an estate worth roughly $3 million, and never put a single piece of planning in place. Then he had a stroke, and everything his loved ones thought they understood fell apart. This is the clearest look yet at why an estate plan is about protecting you while you’re still here, not just deciding where your assets go.

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Estate planning is usually framed as a matter of what happens after you’re gone. But as attorney and CPA Joe Cordell explains, a trust may matter most for the years you’re still here. In this episode of Life’s Third Act, Joe breaks down the difference between a will and a trust, why the family you’re planning for may not look like the one your parents planned for, and the one risk almost nobody plans for that is far more likely than an early death.

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When your child turns 18, the law treats them as an adult. That means you lose the automatic right to make decisions for them, even if you are paying for college. Cordell & Cordell Senior Estate Planning Attorney John Sauter explains why parents overlook this moment, and the three documents that give you the legal authority to help when they need you most.

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