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- How to Divvy Up Personal Assets Without Splitting Up the Family
Also, it is important that your executor or trustee secure your residence as soon as possible after death This can also be very important for your executor or trustee in order to distribute the assets.
- Biggest Estate Planning Stories of 2020
think about death, Prince could have avoided tens of millions in legal and administrative fees with a trust
- THERE MAY BE VALUE CREATING A TRUST, EVEN WITH MODEST ASSETS
These days there may seem to be fewer reasons for establishing trusts. Setting up a trust, administered by a trustee, allows for greater control over asset distributions. A trust could receive third-party contributions that can help the special needs person. Another plus with trusts is that if they are properly structured, they can adapt. Tax and trust laws do change over time and a trust needs to have flexibility to change with them if necessary
- How to Prepare for Your First Estate Planning Meeting
Many people believe that, unless they own huge sprawling mansions or complicated trust funds, they have
- What a Tangled Web We Weave By Signing Documents We Don’t Read
insurance benefits will go to the beneficiaries you indicated when you purchased the policy, not the trust
- Figuring Out What To Do When Your Family Fails To Live Up To Their Promises
But our firm can show you how to put assets into a trust that your loved ones can tap into after you
- Tighten Up Those Loose Ends in Your Estate Plan
If you just had your estate planning attorney draft a trust without changing the deed to your real estate to reflect ownership by that trust, most states would not let the real estate pass through your trust A trustee can list the house for sale within hours of your passing, but an executor of your will must
- You Can Create Your Own Estate Plan – But Should You?
Multi-million dollar estates Disabled Children/Individuals with Special Needs Who May Require a Special Needs Trust
- New Orleans Saints Owner in Middle of Estate Battle
and the deadline is fewer than two weeks before the start of a scheduled jury trial over control of a trust The trust assets include nearly all of San Antonio-based Lone Star Capital Bank, 50% of five auto dealerships was nothing left to discover in the case since Renee has owned all the Shirley Benson Testamentary Trust The purpose of the litigation is to establish a new trustee for the Shirley Benson trust. Antonio Mayor Phil Hardberger and estate planning lawyer Art Bayern as temporary co-receivers of the trust
- Protecting Elders from Danger
Having a capable, trustworthy elder lawyer can be invaluable in protecting older loved ones from the attorneys who are also well-credentialed in estate planning can assist you plan for retirement, establish trusts
- Should I Pre-Plan and Pre-Pay for my Funeral Expenses in Texas?
Some funeral homes put that money in a trust fund or buy an insurance policy naming itself as beneficiary of “unknowns”, an alternative (and sometimes better option) is to work with an attorney to create a trust
- Harris County Probate vs. Non-Probate Property – Know the Difference
beneficiary is already designated on a life insurance or a retirement account Property is owned by a trust