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245 items found for "simultaneous death clause"

  • The Greatest May Face One More Fight: An Estate Battle

    date that his estate planning documents were finalized will be critical: the nearer to his date of death Most wills prepared by experienced estate planning attorneys have a clause that disinherits any unnamed

  • 4 Genius Ways to Avoid Probate in Texas

    time-consuming and costly process involving the court overseeing your assets’ distribution after your death another person and ensures that the asset automatically transfers to the surviving owner upon your death Using Transfer-on-Death (TOD) Deeds for Real Estate Transfer-on-Death (TOD) deeds allow you to transfer

  • How to Create a Living Trust in 5 Simple Steps

    is a legal estate planning document created during your lifetime “inter vivos” rather than at your death Unlike a will , which only goes into effect at your death, you can use a properly executed and funded – those who will receive distributions of income, principal, or assets at certain events (like your death Remember that any assets not properly transferred into your trust by your death may need to go through When The Trust Terminates Upon the grantor’s death, specific administrative steps must happen before

  • Estate Planning During a Divorce: 4 Key Considerations

    With your spouse, you have drawn up a will and established trusts to organize your estate after your deaths The added benefit of a trust means that funds can go to beneficiaries upon the grantor’s death – without Are you and your heirs adequately provided for in the event of your ex’s death?

  • What is a Marital Trust and How does it work in Texas?

    Upon the death of the surviving spouse, the remaining assets in the trust are passed on to the designated surviving spouse broad powers to decide how the assets in the trust will be distributed upon their death the trustor to maintain control over the final distribution of assets after the surviving spouse's death surviving spouse during their lifetime, with the remaining assets going to the heirs upon the spouse’s death

  • Saving the Home with Long-Term Health Care Demands

    The program will execute on that lien when the home sells or upon death—unless the recipient’s spouse reverse mortgage, which lets you withdraw the equity in the property with the loan being paid back at death

  • How Often Do You Need to Update Your Estate Planning?

    child’s or grandchild’s school funds When someone on your estate planning documents becomes an adult Death or disability of someone named in the estate Death or disability of your executor or trustee A name ownership of your assets while you are still alive and distributes them to your beneficiaries after your death

  • The Long List of Famous People Who Didn’t Have Wills

    A way of avoiding death, one might say,'” wrote an estate planning attorney. After the billionaire’s death, there was speculation as to the whereabouts of his last will and testament

  • Will My Heirs Be Hit with a Double-Whammy: State Estate Taxes Along with Federal?

    The estate tax is a tax on property transferred at your death, and recent changes in the tax laws have example, the same marital deduction that allows you to pass assets to your spouse estate tax-free at your death

  • Inherited an IRA From a Parent? 4 Rules for Inherited Retirement Accounts

    Rule #3: The Age at Death of the Original Account Owner Matters The age of death of an IRA owner can deceased chooses the final option, they must take the RMD beginning the year after the account holder’s death full balance must be distributed by the end of the fifth year following the year of the participant’s death

  • 5 Things You Need to Do After Probate is Over

    Obtain Certified Copies of the Death Certificate The first step after probate is to obtain certified copies of the death certificate. You can obtain certified copies of a death certificate from the Texas Department of State Health Services

  • Children Challenge Pittsburgh Publisher’s Will After Being Left Out

    Daughter of Scaife files new petition challenging will,” that Jennie got nothing after her father’s 2014 death medical issues, an addiction to medication, and weakened intellect for many years prior to his 2014 death

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