Estate Administration
How Long Is Probate?
Probate is a legal process wherein a court oversees the settlement of an estate after the owner passes.
December 8, 2021
Estate Administration
What Is a Dynasty Trust?
If you want to protect your family’s legacy from unnecessary taxes, divorce and creditors over the course of many generations, a dynasty trust could be your best friend.
November 8, 2021
Estate Administration
Do I Have to Give My Husband’s Children from First Marriage Anything When He Dies?”
Do my husband’s minor children from a prior marriage have any rights to any marital assets acquired during our marriage in the event he dies before me?
October 26, 2021
Estate Administration
What Should I Know about Cryptocurrency and Estate Planning?
What Is Cryptocurrency? Why Has It Been So Popular?
October 15, 2021
Estate Administration
What’s a Pot Trust?
A pot trust is a type of trust that lists children as beneficiaries, with the trustee using his or her discretion as to how trust assets should be spent. If you have minor children, you might consider setting up a pot trust to meet their financial needs, if something should happen to you. This type of trust allows you to create a single pool of assets to be used for the benefit of multiple children.
October 14, 2021
Estate Administration
What’s an Enhanced Life Estate?
Your house might be your single most valuable financial asset. So you want to make sure you can give it to those you love when you die, without giving up the farm. That can be tricky.
October 13, 2021
Estate Administration
How to Protect an Estate from a Rotten Son-in-Law
Whatever the reason, whether your life is a bed of roses or a getting-worse-nightmare, there are things you can do now to insure what you leave will go to who you want. And when. And in what portion or portions.
October 11, 2021
Charitable Planning
When Should You Use a Charitable Remainder Trust in Estate Planning?
Use it to fine-tune the variables, including how much to give, how it changes your tax picture, how your cashflows are impacted, and how much is left to heirs.
September 7, 2021
Estate Administration
Disney Grandson Loses Appeal of Probate Court’s Decision
An appellate judge dubs probate court ‘the Unhappiest Place on Earth,’ as Disney heir Bradford Lund has lost an appeal stemming from his fight to claim his fortune.
September 2, 2021
Estate Administration
Did James Brown’s Estate Fight Finally End?
For nearly 15 years, James Brown’s estate has been one of the most contentious legal cases in the entertainment industry, involving volleys of lawsuits among his children, his former romantic partner and its various administrators.
August 26, 2021