Estate Plan Trusts Articles
1: Estate Plans and Trusts Discussed
We all know that we need to have our lives in order in the event of our demise because our families are so important to us. As the Death Tax slowing dies over the next many years, it behooves all of u
2: Estate Planning - The Mortgage: To Pay or Not To Pay
Where does your home mortgage fit into your financial planning and particularly into your estate planning? In the world of yesteryear, the chief goal was to pay off the mortgage and hold the property
3: Unsecured Personal Loans
There are many benefits when applying for an unsecured loan. One is the approval for this type of loan is relatively fast. This is because there is no need to look at collateral repayment in case of
4: Estate Planning Attornies
There are many ‘do-it-yourself’ books and websites which purport to help with estate planning. While some of them are very informative, some are highly confusing and misleading. It’s Ok to read throug
5: How to Close the Best Deal in Spokane Washinton
Spokane Washinton is a very good place for real estate investment! This region is the administrative center of the county with the same name and in recent years it has developed into a prosperous, luc
6: Estate Planning - Undue Influence
Often during the final years of a dear friend’s or relative’s life some person or persons will take over the task of caring for their sick and elderly friend or relative to a greater degree than the o
7: Estate Planning - Rules and Trustees
If you are wisely attempting to put some assets into a trust (inter vivos) in your lifetime, then you have been paying attention to the important differences between wills and trusts. A trust created
8: Planning for the Intangibles
Every state has statutes and mechanisms in place that deal with disposal of tangible assets whether the deceased had a will or not. Families might fight over who gets the house, the cars, the stocks a
9: Estate Planning - Capacity Challenges
Wills and trusts have an interesting history in a culture as heavily influenced by British common law as our own. The bequests of wills have been the pole star around which a great deal of mystery fi
10: Estate Tax Planning
Estate tax is the levy by the government against the taxable estate of a deceased person. Taxable estate means gross estate reduced by allowable deductions. Gross estate means total estate comprising
11: Estate Planning
Estate planning involves distributing your assets after death to such people or causes according to your wish with minimum legal complications and the least tax incidence. And estate planning is not j
12: Estate Planning - Intent to Disinherit or Oversight?
Sometimes family and estate planning begins before the family is complete, particularly in an age where people (generally) are waiting until later to have children. In that case there could be grandch
13: Estate Planning - Considering a Second Marriage Late in Life
As the life expectancy of people in the United States increases, the reality of second and third marriages becomes more likely even for those who tend to marry for a long time if not until the death o
14: Estate Planning - No Contest Clause in your Will
There is value in the story of an older client who had seen a very interesting clause employed in a will. There was a great deal of money at stake and the many family members had little reason to lov
15: Estate Planning - Real Property Disbursement Problems
Many parents want to give an equal share of the family home or some other sentimental form of real property (actual land usually) to their surviving children in equal shares. As an estate-planning at
16: Estate Planning - The Life Estate
The life estate is something every first year law student learns about when they study the arcane and often bizarre history of property law that harkens back to the days of English knights, lords and
17: A Guide to Purchasing Real Estate in Mexico for Americans
For Americans buying their dream property in Mexico, it’s important to understand the differences between Mexico’s real estate system and that of the United States. It’s never safe to assume that any
18: Private Trust Companies
A Private Trust Company is, essentially, a company formed for the specific purpose of acting as trustee of a single trust, or a group of related trusts. It is not uncommon for settlors to wish to reta
19: Estate Planning - Protecting Your Spouse
The first question many people have when considering estate planning is how to protect their spouse in the event that they pass away. Although it is common to offer the advice that a will or trust is
20: The Living Trust
A living trust has many advantages over a simple will or testamentary trust (trust after death). The first advantage is that it keeps the IRS even further out of the process than does either a will o
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