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Estate Planning is a process where individuals prepare or plan for the settlement of their personal affairs in the event of incapacitation or death. Estate plans typically include provisions relating to the... more +
Estate Planning is a process where individuals prepare or plan for the settlement of their personal affairs in the event of incapacitation or death. Estate plans typically include provisions relating to the disposition of assets, guardianship of minor children, and appointment of representatives to make medical and financial decisions. Effective estate planning can decrease tax liability and facilitate the probate process.  less -
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Equity’s maxims have many jurisprudential functions, one critical function being to sinew the equitable principles that regulate...

Equity’s maxims have many jurisprudential functions, one critical function being to sinew the equitable principles that regulate the law of trusts. A court that is saddled with sorting out the rights, duties and obligations...more

Bilzin Sumberg

Take Care When Utilizing Tax Reimbursement Clauses in Trusts…Even If You Are a Cross-Border Practitioner

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Until recently, there was a fair amount of comfort amongst practitioners that, when structured correctly, utilizing a tax reimbursement clause for a grantor trust did not produce any negative U.S. gift or estate tax results....more

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Blast from the Past – Trusts Subject to Medi-Cal Reimbursement

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We begin the year with a case, Riverside County Public Guardian v. Snukst (2022) ___ Cal.App.5th ___, involving an elder with dementia who received Medi-Cal benefits. The case, a blast from the past, illustrates how the...more

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How to Apply for FEMA’s COVID-19 Funeral Assistance

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COVID-19 is an unprecedented global pandemic that has impacted all aspects of normal life. To defray expenses for those hit the hardest by COVID-19, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is reimbursing funeral...more

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May I Pay Your Taxes?: Colorado Enacts a New Grantor Reimbursement Statute

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Grantor trusts are a powerful tool in estate planning in part because they facilitate depletion of the grantor’s estate by the grantor’s payment of income taxes attributable to the trust....more

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