Cryptocurrency & Estate Planning
Cryptocurrencies have taken the financial world by storm over the past couple of years, which means we in the estate planning world better hurry up and figure out how to ...
Avoiding A Family Feud Over Your Estate Plan
In a year where we are wading through a new tax law and have a lot of questions about which way the market might be headed, 44% of estate planning ...
Independent Contractors Should Consider an LLC
With the downturn in the economy and more people losing their jobs, more people are turning to their entrepreneurial spirits and starting their own businesses. At-home businesses are booming and ...
Business Partnerships in Estate Planning
Changes in Partnership Usually when a business partner dies, a business partnership is considered legally dissolved. If more than two people are business partners though, the partnership can continue despite ...
Disinheriting a Child in an Estate Plan
What if I Leave my Child Out of my Will? Parents have different reasons for disinheriting a child in their Last Will and Testament. Sometimes parents believe it is in ...
Estate Planning: Once Every 10 Years Is NOT ENOUGH!
Many of us understand the need for estate planning – for preparing a Will, A Health Care Directive, a Power of Attorney, and other related documents so that, when the ...
5 Resolutions You Can Keep that will Protect You and Your Family
Statistics show that New Year’s resolutions are maintained continuously by most Americans for only one or two weeks. Here are 5 resolutions that you can keep and that will help ...
2016 Estate and Gift Tax Exemption Amounts Announced
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has announced that for 2016 the estate and gift tax exemption limit increases to $5.45 million per person, an increase from $5.43 million per person. A qualifying ...
Can I Create A Trust for my Husband as His Attorney-in-Fact?
A general durable power of attorney is an important estate planning and elder law planning tool. A power of attorney allows the attorney-in-fact, also referred to as the agent, to ...
Consider the Obligations and Burdens With Care before Accepting Appointment as Executor
Being designated by a friend or a loved one as the Executor of his or her estate is an honor, but with that designation comes many responsibilities and legal risks. ...