How to Manage Investments when Someone Dies
What investment powers does a personal representative in a probate or a trustee in a trust administration have to manage the decedent’s assets?
July 13, 2022
Becoming an Executor should be considered Carefully
Only you know your capacity and willingness to serve, or the degree of need expressed by the person asking you. However, it should help to know first that if you do decide to accept, there can be help out there and second there are standard procedures and practices you can follow.
July 12, 2022
Special Needs Trusts can Protect disabled Child
Special needs trusts can help fund quality-of-life improvements for the beneficiary, such as a phone, a trip or a private room in a group care facility.
July 11, 2022
Strategies to reduce Generation-Skipping Transfer Tax
Due to recent tax law changes, your family may be able to avoid adverse federal estate tax consequences when you leave assets to your adult children.
June 29, 2022
Tips to avoid a Contested Will
Some people draft wills or trusts to ensure that the loved ones they will eventually leave behind own a piece of the properties the former will be leaving behind in case of their death.
June 22, 2022
Supplemental Needs Trust can safeguard Benefits
For disabled persons receiving financially based government benefits, supplemental needs trusts (‘SNTs’) can safeguard benefits and serve as an effective estate planning tool.
June 20, 2022
June 1, 2022
Documents You need if You become Incapacitated
Many people ask what would happen if they were in the hospital and unable to make their own medical decisions? The answer depends on whether you planned ahead.
May 26, 2022
Have a Plan before You become Incapacitated
Many people ask what would happen if they were in the hospital and unable to make their own medical decisions? The answer depends on whether you planned ahead.
May 24, 2022
LLCs can Reduce Estate Taxes
These vehicles let a family manage multiple interests, preserve parental control and protect assets from claims of creditors and divorcing spouses, among other benefits.
May 16, 2022