Choosing the Right Executor for Your EstateNew York TimesMore articles on employment, investments, estate planning and fitness for retirees. An executor administers an estate and remains in charge until it is legally closed. Before that happens, the will must be admitted to probate — the system through …
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March 5, 2011
The U.S. gift-tax gift: a $5 million exclusion – Reuters
Reuters The U.S. gift-tax gift: a $5 million exclusionReutersThat is so much higher than it has been historically, and provides so many opportunities for estate planning for the ultra-rich, that planners for high-net-worth clients are salivating. "I don't think anybody in Congress realized this," said Michael …Are The Estate Tax Exemptions Fair: Can't It Be [...]
January 10, 2011
Elizabeth Edwards May Not Have Disinherited Her Husband
I previously posted that Elizabeth Edwards’ will left nothing to her husband, John Edwards. While it is true that her will does not mention John when distributing her tangible personal property, Article V of her will leaves the remainder of…
January 5, 2011
Movie Secretariat has Estate Planning Plot
The new Disney movie Secretariat, the story of the world’s greatest racehorse and the woman who owned him, has an estate planning sub-plot. It involves a will, an estate battle, and hardship brought on by a $7 million estate tax…
December 16, 2010
January is National Blood Donor Month
For children, January is a month for sledding and building snowmen. For blood banks it is a time of searching. With snowstorms, holidays, increased illness and winter vacations, donations to the blood banks come up short every year. It’s one of the reasons that January has been designated National Blood Donor Month. With blood being [...]
November 15, 2010
How Does Bankruptcy Affect Estate Planning
There were recent reports that Wall-Street economist have declared the recession officially over. I am not certain through whose eyes they determined this. I look around and still see far too many families struggling to recover to consider it over. And while I acknowledge things may be improving on some level, I still find it [...]
March 7, 2010
A Great letter from the Presbyterian Buddy Kemp Cancer House
I received a wonderful letter the other day from Marcia Lampert, the Director at the Presbyterian Buddy Kemp Caring House in Charlotte, North Carolina. The Cancer Center was referred to me by the North Carolina Bar to speak to their community regarding end of life planning. It is hard to deal with our own incapacity [...]
March 3, 2010
Plan the future for your special needs child – NorthJersey.com
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Plan the future for your special needs child
NorthJersey.com He is a parent of two children with special needs, works as a specialist with MetLife's Division of Estate Planning for Special Kids, and co-founded with … |
March 2, 2010
Aid and Attendance benefit for Wartime Veterans – most Veterans are unaware of this benefit
I am proud to announce that the Firm of Sabrina Winters, Attorney at Law, PLLC is now assisting wartime veterans and surviving spouses of deceased wartime veterans in receiving a special monthly pension benefit called Aid an Attendance. This is not a new program. Too many veterans are unaware that they may be entitled to [...]
March 1, 2010
An Asset Protection Trust Could Offer Tiger Woods Valuable Asset Protection
As Tiger Woods attempts to salvage his marriage, the Trust Advisor Blogs suggests that in the meantime he consider putting his assets into an asset protection trust. Because Tiger lives in Florida, a non-community property state, he could likely fund…