by Christine | Jun 12, 2014 | Estate Law, Estate Planning, Trustee, Trusts |
Here are three factors that your clients should consider when making this important decision. How do you make sure you leave the trust in the right hands? Picking a trustee can be a very difficult task. It is not the same as crafting words to paper – ink is cheap in a...
by Christine | May 30, 2014 | Estate Law, Individual Retirement Accounts (IRA), Inherited IRAs, Trustee, Trusts |
Worried about your adult children blowing through their inheritance? Two strategies can help holders of individual retirement accounts curb an heir’s impulse to “cash out.” You may have many assets to leave behind for your heirs. However, an IRA is unique enough to be...
by Christine | May 15, 2014 | Estate Law, Trusts |
As with estate planning for humans, creating a pet trust is designed to give owners peace of mind. To ensure that pets will be cared for in accordance with an owner’s wishes, owners should be sure to definitively detail their pet’s standard of living and nutritional...
by Christine | May 5, 2014 | Estate Law, Individual Retirement Accounts (IRA), Inherited IRAs, Trustee, Trusts |
Worried about your adult children blowing through their inheritance? Two strategies can help holders of individual retirement accounts curb an heir’s impulse to “cash out.” You may have many assets to leave behind for your heirs. However, an IRA is unique enough to be...
by Christine | Apr 28, 2014 | Estate Law, Estate Planning, Trusts |
NING, Ding, Grat. Ilit, Crat, Crut, Qtip. So what are these oddly named trusts and what do people who need them need to know? Ever been to a place where you don't understand the language? Learning a new language is no easy task. At least when it comes to French or...
by Christine | Apr 16, 2014 | Estate Planning, Probate, Trusts, Wills |
A no-contest clause may be a good idea if you have a beneficiary who may be upset by the property distributed to him or her. Consider this common estate plan predicament: you are drafting a will and know that if it is challenged by a spurned heir or for anyone for any...
