Wills & Estate Planning

How to Execute (Sign) a Will and the Importance of a Self-Proving Affidavit (Updated February 2023)

We are going back to the basics in this newsletter. We will first discuss what must happen for a Will to be validly executed. We ...
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Estate Planning & Probate Section selected as Small Section of the Year

The Atlanta Bar Association’s Estate Planning & Probate Section was selected as the Small Section of the Year for the Atlanta Bar Association’s 2012-2013 fiscal ...
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What is a Trust?

For this month’s newsletter, we will go back to the basics to ensure that our readers can answer the basic question: What is a Trust? ...
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Navigating the Estate Planning Pitfalls Created by the Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012

As the bar for “wealth” moves north many individuals we meet are lulled into thinking that complex estate planning strategies are reserved for those other ...
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The American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012: Estate Planning Game Changer?

On January 2, 2013, President Obama signed The American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012 (the “2012 Tax Act”). Among its many provisions, the 2012 Tax ...
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Common Pitfalls When Planning Estates for Families with Special Needs Children (Updated April 2023)

I recently had the privilege to attend a bar mitzvah in which the young man also has a sibling with a profound disability. His sibling ...
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Estate Planning for Blended Families – Let Me Count The Ways

As we are all aware, divorce is common in the modern U.S. One frequently cited statistic is that about 50% of all marriages will end ...
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Revocable Living Trusts

A Revocable Living Trust (RLT) is a document in which a person names a Trustee (often, the person will serve as his own Trustee initially) ...
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