by Christine | Mar 15, 2013 | Estate Planning, Same Sex Estate Planning |
… Financial and estate planning is especially important for LGBT parents who adopt …. Having or adopting a child changes everything. Those words really hit home when same-sex couples seek adoption in a mix of state and federal laws. With state laws varied on the...
by Christine | Mar 14, 2013 | Blended Families, Estate Planning |
With more than 50 percent of first marriages failing and 75 percent of the partners remarrying, “blended” families — which include children from earlier unions — have become the norm. When you have a mixture of children and parents of various marriages and...
by Christine | Mar 13, 2013 | Cost Basis, Estate Law, Estate Planning, Inheritance, Stock |
I just inherited some stock from my uncle, and I know that he bought the stock for more than the present cost. Should I find the original cost, or do I use the cost as of the date I inherited the stock? If you ask any accountant or business owner, calculating the cost...
by Christine | Mar 12, 2013 | Estate Planning, Inheritance |
The blessings of wealth can be yours, but they are not delivered on a silver platter. Counter intuitive as it may seem, you must work for them. But your hard work will yield ample rewards. As there seems to be two sides to every story, there tends to be two views on...
by Christine | Mar 8, 2013 | Corporate Structure, Estate Planning, Small Business |
NO family wants to build a business only to see it disappear when family members get tired of running it. But let’s face it, what that business really represents is a large majority of the family’s wealth. Business succession plans take a great deal of thought, as...
