Estate Planning, Living Trusts HOW REVOCABLE IS MY IRREVOCABLE TRUST IRREVOCABLE TRUSTS COSTS AND BENEFITS Trusts are valuable estate planning devices that allow for the transmission of wealth with lower … December 27, 2015 3 MIN READ
Estate Planning Anticipated Changes in IRS Rules Regarding Family Business Valuations WHY IT MATTERS FOR ESTATE PLANNING Every year the Federal Department of Treasury publishes the greenbook which outlines the then … December 8, 2015 2 MIN READ
Estate Planning, Wills INHERITANCE RIGHTS OF POSTHUMOUSLY CONCEIVED CHILDREN GROWING LEGAL ISSUE The federal Department of Health and Human Services estimates that there are currently approximately 600 000 frozen … December 5, 2015 3 MIN READ
Asset Protection, Estate Planning QUALIFIED TERMINABLE INTEREST PROPERTY TRUST QTIP TRUSTS – WHAT IS IT? In our society with divorces as common as it is many people would likely … November 30, 2015 2 MIN READ
Asset Protection, Estate Planning When Your Attorney Is a Potential Witness in Surrogate Court WITNESS ADVOCATE RULE In New York as well as perhaps every other jurisdiction an attorney may not serve as an … November 16, 2015 2 MIN READ
Estate Administration, Estate Planning Lacking in Mental Capacity and Family Who Decides On June 24 2015 a trial Court in California invalidated a California law as unconstitutional which created a default surrogate … November 6, 2015 2 MIN READ
Asset Protection, Estate Planning What Of My Estate Planning If Move to Another Jurisdiction? Say you live here in New York and made significant plans to avoid probate. You have a will own a … November 3, 2015 2 MIN READ
Asset Protection, Estate Planning CAN AN HEIR BORROW AGAINST INHERITANCE? Perhaps your prodigal child wants to start a law firm or a medical practice and needs start up funding. You … October 31, 2015 2 MIN READ
Asset Protection, Estate Planning INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY IN ESTATE PLANNING Intellectual property is an umbrella term that includes several different specific areas of the law. Trademark law patent law copyright … October 29, 2015 2 MIN READ