by Christine | Jul 18, 2013 | College Planning, Custodial Accounts, Gift, Grandchildren, Transfers to Minors |
The Uniform Gifts to Minors Act (UGMA) and the Uniform Transfers to Minors Act (UTMA) are sometimes called the “granddaddies” of college savings accounts. Both allow parents to establish custodial accounts for a minor child, and a grandparent can then make gifts to...
by Christine | Jul 17, 2013 | Estate Planning, Estates, Pet Trust, Trusts, Wills |
Why do otherwise doting pet parents fail to make such plans? Most people assume they’ll outlive their pets, says Barry Seltzer, a Toronto-based estate lawyer and co-author of Fat Cats & Lucky Dogs: How to Leave (Some of) Your Estate to Your Pet. And death and...
by Christine | Jul 16, 2013 | Estate Planning, Family Home, Real Estate |
How do children nudge often-reluctant parents toward making sound and fiscally smart decisions about the future of the family home? The family home is more than likely the most important or valuable asset in one’s estate. So it makes sense to include...
by Christine | Jul 15, 2013 | Corporation, Family Business, Minority Shareholder, Small Business |
In family businesses, there are two main ways stock gets diluted: it gets passed on to employees or it’s passed down through the generations. We often see the first situation occur in families when owners give out shares to non-family executives as part...
by Christine | Jul 15, 2013 | Uncategorized |
“The whole issue of measuring and metrics and trying to have impact data is, I think, a very contemporary part of philanthropy,” said Thomas E. K. Cerruti, former personal lawyer to Sam Skaggs, a billionaire philanthropist who made his fortune in supermarkets and...
