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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 -

Is Your Family’s Planning Actually Ready for an Unexpected Incapacity or Death? Stress Testing Your Estate Planning – Step 1

Warner Norcross + Judd on 11/1/2024

Many families are confident that they have made the necessary preparations to transition their wealth, businesses, foundation and family office to the next generation ... someday, when the time is right. We know that some...more

Do Your Beneficiary Designations Coordinate with Your Will?

Bowditch & Dewey on 8/2/2024

Many people fear the word probate, and it is not without reason. Probate can be a tedious, expensive and lengthy process, where you are at the whim of the court’s timeline. But what is probate? Probate is when you must...more

Will Your Will Be Contested?

Adler Pollock & Sheehan P.C. on 6/13/2022

If your estate has to be probated, in a perfect world everything will go without a hitch and the assets are distributed to beneficiaries in a timely manner. Everyone is satisfied with their inheritance and family harmony is...more

Probate & Fiduciary Litigation Newsletter - April 2022

Goulston & Storrs PC on 4/20/2022

This newsletter is intended to keep readers informed about developments in probate and fiduciary litigation in Massachusetts and New York. Our lawyers are at the forefront of this area of the law, shaping how it is handled in...more

Passing Down Cryptocurrency Assets: Gifting And Estate Planning Considerations

Kohrman Jackson & Krantz LLP on 4/11/2022

WHAT IS CRYPTOCURRENCY? Cryptocurrency is a digital asset that is created and traded online. Miners (computer operators) establish new units of digital currency and record them on a blockchain, a string of verified public...more

Estate Planning for Digital Assets (and not just your crypto!)

Keating Muething & Klekamp PLL on 1/24/2022

Cryptocurrency - There are currently more than 4,000 different types of cryptocurrency. Bitcoin, Ethereum, and even Dogecoin are among the most well-known. As cryptocurrency continues to become more mainstream, its value...more

10 Reasons to Review Your Current Estate Plan

Bowditch & Dewey on 11/1/2021

Estate plans are supposed to be living documents that evolve over time. Generally, you should review your plan every 5 years to stay current, or whenever you or your beneficiaries have a major life event such as marriage, the...more

Step-By-Step Overview of Probate

Ruder Ware on 7/22/2021

“Probate” is a legal term for the Court process of transferring assets out of a deceased person’s name and to that person’s heirs and/or beneficiaries. The difference between the term “heir” and the term “beneficiary” is...more

The Estate Planner, May/June 2021

Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, LLP on 4/5/2021

Charitable giving in 2021 - Plan carefully to maximize the tax benefits - In the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, lawmakers enacted the CARES Act to provide some relief to the ailing economy. One of its provisions,...more

Wills, Trusts & Estates: Plain and Simple – Estates of the Rich and Famous

Farrell Fritz, P.C. on 8/18/2020

Mishaps of celebrities in their estate planning can offer insight into what can happen when you neglect your estate planning. While interest in a band or song rights may not be a part of your family’s portfolio, business...more

This is the Time to Update Important Documents

Foodman CPAs & Advisors on 6/17/2020

By unexpectedly raising apprehensions regarding mortality and quality of life issues that many Individuals were not addressing prior to the pandemic, the Covid-19 pandemic is provoking individuals to think about their...more

The Estate Planner - July/August 2020

Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, LLP on 6/2/2020

Don’t overlook foreign assets when planning your estate - You’d be surprised how often people fail to disclose foreign assets to their estate planning advisors. They assume that these assets aren’t relevant to their “U.S.”...more

McNees Insights – Estate Planning: March 2020

McNees Wallace & Nurick LLC on 3/3/2020

The current year sees us coming off a good year in the stock market and an economy that is strong. However, in November there is another presidential election cycle, which could bring change to which political party controls...more

Your Retirement Planning and the SECURE Act

Farella Braun + Martel LLP on 2/3/2020

The Setting Every Community Up for Retirement Enhancement Act (or SECURE Act), signed into law on December 20, 2019, changes retirement planning significantly and unexpectedly. The bulk of the changes become effective as of...more

Why Should I Get My Estate Planning Done Now?

Lewitt Hackman on 1/30/2020

Last Sunday I learned that my mother’s dear friend who is very active, hikes daily, gardens daily, does senior yoga weekly, eats a healthy diet, and has many volunteer and social commitments that keep her happy, went on a...more

The Estate Planner - January/February 2020

Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, LLP on 12/19/2019

Now or later - When’s the right time to transfer your wealth? - To gift or not to gift? It’s a deceptively complex question. The temporary doubling of the gift and estate tax exemption — to an inflation-adjusted...more

Chris Lazarini Discusses Resolution for Competing Demands for Decedent’s Assets

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC on 3/20/2019

Bass, Berry & Sims attorney Chris Lazarini discussed a case in which a brokerage firm filed a complaint for interpleader seeking judicial resolution of a challenge to a deceased client’s assets. Upon the client’s death, the...more

Tax Reform and Estate Planning: How the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act Impacts Estate Plans for McNair Clients

Burr & Forman on 10/5/2018

When the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act was passed, significant changes were made to the Federal Estate, Gift and Generation-Skipping Transfer Tax, the most prominent of which is the increased applicable exclusion amount, which...more

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