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Non-Spouse Beneficiaries of Inherited IRAs & The 50% Penalty: Timing is Everything!

The IRS recently published IRS Information Letter 2016-0071. This Information Letter discusses rules that apply to anyone who has inherited an IRA account or other ...
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Revocable Living Trusts: What You Need to Know

On September 14, 2016, Richard Morgan was part of a panel discussion at the monthly meeting of the Estate Planning & Probate Section of the ...
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The Not-So-Obvious Reasons that Estate, Trust, Conservatorship, and Guardianship Related Disputes Are Going to Explode in Number in the Future (Updated February 2023)

Common sense tells us that, as the number of older people in our country increases, the need for estate planning, trust planning, conservatorships, and guardianships ...
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Georgia 529 Plans Get Even Better For Married Couples

Beginning with the 2016 tax year (i.e., for Georgia income tax returns filed in 2017), the 529 Plan contribution income tax deduction for married couples ...
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Back to the Basics: First Party vs. Third Party Asset Protection

At our firm, most of our clients are hard-working and successful. Having worked hard to accumulate the assets that they have, these clients are often ...
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When it Comes to Life Insurance, “Permanent” Does Not Mean Unchanging

Life insurance comes in two very basic types: term insurance and permanent insurance. Term policies, the most common kind, usually provide only a death benefit ...
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Back to the Basics: How Do Assets Pass at the Death of the Owner?

Have you heard of a situation where a deceased person’s former spouse ended up receiving his life insurance or retirement savings, instead of the person’s ...
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How to Fund Your Revocable Living Trust (RLTs Part 3 / Updated February 2019)

This newsletter is the final installment of our three part series on Revocable Living Trusts (“RLT”s). The first newsletter in this series was “Should I ...
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