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THE REVERE ADVOCATE – FRIDAY, DECEMBER 20, 2024 Page 25 RevereTV Spotlight J oin in and sing along with the Northshore Philharmonic Orchestra and the audience at St. Anthony’s Church last Sunday during the Annual Robert A. Marra Memorial Sounds of Christmas Concert! This year’s concert aired live on RevereTV and is now replaying daily on the Community Channel. Gear up for two marathon events on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day of Sounds of Christmas Concerts from year’s past and including replays of this year’s concert. The concert is also posted to RTV’s YouTube page to be enjoyed at your convenience. RevereTV has made it to all of the city’s tree lighting events this year. Watch coverage of the Beachmont Tree Lighting from Sunday, December 8th on the Community Channel. This will be followed by a video of the Sandler Square Tree Lighting from this past Saturday. Enjoy holiday lights around Revere at these two locations and also at City Hall. Coverage of the Annual Priscilla Nickerson Memorial Scholarship Fund and Santa Parade and the City Hall Tree Lighting is also still replaying on the Community Channel. Watch in about a week for the city’s Chanukah Celebration and Menorah Lighting happening on Monday, December 30th. Students from Northeast Metro Tech were back in the kitchen studio for another episode for season two of “Northeast Cooks.” This program features talented Culinary Arts students as they prepare a delicious dessert: Crème Brûlée! Watch as these aspiring chefs walk you through the baking process, sharing helpful tips and techniques along the way. Follow along and recreate this fl avorful treat in your own kitchen! “Northeast Cooks” is posted to YouTube and is replaying daily on the Community Channel. Full coverage of the Revere High School Talent show is now scheduled on RTV. The event showcased the talents of the class of 2025 and helped raise money for their events. Some students played music and sang while others danced, and more! You can also watch the show on YouTube. For RHS Sports this season, RevereTV will be covering some home games for the boys and girls basketball teams. Keep an eye on the Community Channel and RTV YouTube page for potential game coverage. Replays of both the boys and girls home openers are now playing on the Community Channel. Government meetings will end for the year by December 20th. All meetings will play live on RTV GOV when they happen and then replay afterward for the following few weeks. There is a meeting hiatus for the holidays during the last two weeks of 2024 and things will pick back up again in January. RTV GOV will stay scheduled with replays of the meetings from the month of December during this time. All recorded meetings are also posted to YouTube to view at your convenience. RTV GOV is channel 9 on Comcast and channels 13 and 613 for RCN subscribers. LIKE US ON FACEBOOK ADVOCATE NEWSPAPER FACEBOOK.COM/ADVOCATE.NEWS.MA DISINHERITING A CHILD A s part of most estate plans, parents will leave their estate to all children in equal shares. In some cases, parents elect not to leave anything to one or more of their children. There may be a situation where the parents believe one child to be more fi nancially successful than others, or not wanting to provide assets to a special needs child so as not to lose any governmental benefi ts. In some cases, parents may not want to leave assets to an irresponsible, spendthrift or drug-dependent child. There are sometimes situations where the parents want to disinherit a child who is estranged from the family, or to even use the disinheritance as a way to get even or to have the last word so to speak. One of the risks of disinheriting a child is that it may be hurtful in the child’s mind and will often aff ect the child’s relationship with the other siblings. There are, of course, countless court cases wherein siblings are suing each other over money and disagreements about inheritances. However, even if there is no subsequent lawsuit, it is very possible that the siblings will no longer be speaking and/or spending time together which might end up being a parent’s worst nightmare. Some things to consider when you are contemplating disinheriting a child are: 1. A child who might appear to be more successful fi nancially may be having trouble behind the scenes. He or she may actually need the inheritance now or in the future. Financial situations can change quickly. Divorce can wreak chaos on a child’s fi nances. So too can illness. Also keep in mind that if you disinherit a child, you are also disinheriting that’s child’s children (your grandchildren). 2. You may have a spouse, child, sibling, parent or other loved one who is physically, mentally or developmentally disabled, from birth, illness, injury or even substance abuse, who may be entitled to governmental benefits now or in the future. Most of these benefi ts are available only to those with very minimal assets and income. In these situations, you do not have to disinherit this person or persons. You can easily establish a supplemental needs trust that is carefully designed to supplement and not jeopardize the benefi ts provided by local, state, federal or private agencies. 3. You may also have a child that is irresponsible with money or is under the infl uence of drugs or alcohol. You should consider that this child may actually need fi nancial help now or in the future, and may actually become a responsible and/or sober adult. Instead of disinheriting this child, you might think of establishing a trust giving a certain trustee discretion in providing or withholding fi nancial assistance. You may also stipulate any requirements you want your child to meet. The manner in which you decide to include your children in your estate plan may say a good deal about your values and faith. Not disinheriting a child who may have caused you grief and heartache may convey a message of love and forgiveness. Disinheriting a child, even for what seems to be a good reason, may convey a message of lack of love, anger and resentment. If you have previously disinherited a child in your Will or Trust and you have reconciled, you should consider updating your estate planning documents accordingly. If your decision to disinherit is fi nal, be sure to discuss this with your estate planning attorney. Lastly, consider telling your child that you are disinheriting him or her so it does not come as a complete surprise. Explaining your reasons will allow for honest discussion and may help to deter the child from blaming his or her siblings later on, after you are no longer alive. It might be better that your child ends up not being happy with you rather than not being happy with his or her brothers and sisters. After all, they will be the ones around long after you are dead. I see this all of the time. The great investor Warren Buffet recently disclosed he had his children review the terms of his estate planning documents so they would be able to provide input while he is still alive. Joseph D. Cataldo is an Estate Planning/Elder Law Attorney, Certified Public Accountant, Certified Financial Planner, AICPA Personal Financial Specialist and holds a Master’s Degree in Taxation. Copyrighted material previously published in Banker & Tradesman/The Commercial Record, a weekly trade newspaper. It is reprinted with permission from the publisher, The Warren Group. For a searchable database of real estate transactions and property information visit: www.thewarrengroup.com BUYER1 Bielitz, Wilfred Mejorada, Roberto Pimentel, Lisbeth Santella, Renee A REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS SELLER1 BUYER2 Mey Ft Sun, Renjiang Nguyen, Nam H Moss, Lorna J SELLER2 Mey, Gail M Huang, Huili ADDRESS DATE PRICE 382 Ocean Ave #1508 11.29.24 510000 1129 N Shore Rd #8 11.25.24 388000 Nguyen, Tiff any 1133 N Shore Rd #204 11.19.24 485000 53 Olive St 11.20.24 206001 Revere

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