Wills & Estate Planning
Concern Over Spoiling Your Children
May 5, 2011
Virtually every parent at some point wrestles with the perceived trade off of passing the maximum amount of property to his or her children and ...
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The Importance of Estate Planning
May 5, 2011
Although Kristen and Dave Kelman had worked previously with an estate planning attorney, their existing will was a typical boilerplate document and, as Kristen pointed ...
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Blended Families
May 5, 2011
Although Matthew and Jennifer Bishop had carefully put together wills after the birth of their son, that was nearly six years ago and their lives ...
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Estate Planning: Common Concerns and How to Address Them
April 25, 2011
Estate planning is the process of addressing a number of important issues that everyone will eventually need to face. This section is intended to summarize ...
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Charitable Giving and Social Capital
April 25, 2011
“Social capital” is essentially money or other assets which will be used for activities which benefit either the government or society. When you pay taxes, ...
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Goals of Estate Planning
April 25, 2011
1. To Select And Empower Trusted Individual(s) To Handle Your Affairs If You Become Incapacitated. Estate planning deals in part with providing for your own ...
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Major (But Temporary) Changes Just Made to the Estate Tax, Gift Tax, and Generation-Skipping Transfer Tax Laws
December 20, 2010
Just past midnight on December 17, 2010, the federal House of Representatives voted to pass “The Tax Relief, Unemployment Insurance Reauthorization, and Job Creation Act ...
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Should I Use a Will or a Revocable Living Trust? Separating Facts From Fiction
May 28, 2010
You (or someone you know) may have heard that a Revocable Living Trust (often referred to simply as a “Living Trust”) is necessary for everyone. ...
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