Will the Federal Estate Tax Law Be Modified In 2012? Obama Gives Us A Snippet of Insight.
In the past month the estate tax has been back in the limelight. As most of you know, in December of 2010 President Obama signed the Tax Relief Act of 2010. Prior to the ratification of the present law, the federal estate tax was repealed for the 2010 tax year. For 2011 and …
Is It A “Probate Asset” Or Not?
The Answer May Not Always Be What You Expect Simply “Probate” means at death an estate (the deceased person’s property) is administered and supervised by the court, often called probate court. The court will make sure the Last Will is administered correctly and if there is no will state law is followed by a court …
A Guardianship of an Elderly or Disabled Person Can Be Contested.
Learn What To Do To Successfully Obtain Guardianship.
Estate Planning and Wills – It Has To Be Easy
Your questions about estate planning and how and why to do it are answered
Have You Chosen a Guardian for Your Minor Children?
Guardianship allows a person to manage the affairs and assert the rights of another person who is unable to do these things.
Estate Administration 101
For Executors and Maybe Trustees Losing a loved one is hard. But if you’re an executor or trustee hopefully this step-by-step guide to Estate Administration will ease the burden of knowing the business of what to do when a close family member or friend dies. Whether or not your loved one has a will or …
Is Your Will Out of Date? Want Peace of Mind?
In just 20 Minutes You Can Have A Free Will Review and Make Sure That Your Old Will, Trust, and Power of Attorney Aren’t Out of Date or Invalid Unruh, Turner, Burke and Frees Offers Free Will Reviews This Fall Have you been wondering if that old will, trust, or …
MAKE SURE YOUR TRUSTEES CAN NAME A CO-TRUSTEE OR THEIR SUCCESSOR TRUSTEE
Co Trustee vs Successor Trustee It is important to make your estate planning documents flexible. As best as possible, we try to foresee the future and address the planning possibilities. We know it is not possible to address everything now for a trust that could be in place 10, 20, 50 or 100 years from …