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  • Saints Owner Will Call Another Play in Fight Over Trusts

    Orleans Saints owner Tom Benson’s original proposal to remove team ownership from his estranged family’s trust t let Benson personally guarantee promissory notes he offered in exchange for Saints shares held in trust he intends to leave full ownership of the Saints to his wife Gayle and has been trying to revoke the trust The trust funds allow for assets to be removed, but only in exchange for other assets of equal value. With that arrangement, the trusts could try to seize Benson’s personal assets—including the controlling

  • Essential Guide to Estate Planning in Texas

    Trusts: Privacy, Protection, and Tax Benefits Trusts are another important component of estate planning They provide privacy, as the details of a trust are not made public. Trusts also offer protection from creditors and can provide tax benefits. You should choose someone that you trust to fulfill this role. The executor administers your will, while the trustee manages any trusts you establish.

  • Media Mogul Has Estate Planning Mess

    A trust anticipates problems and can define what the creator of the trust means by incapacity, which The trust should define the meaning of incapacity and who determines incapacity. Summer Redstone created this type of trust, but it gives very little control to others as long as he’ The critical issue in all of this is who controls the seven-trustee board of his trust: the National Many trusts will have a term that’s automatically effective when the creator of the trust hits a designated

  • Review Your Old Trusts

    However, as Kiplinger’s Retirement Report points out in “Old Trusts Create Tax Issues for Heirs,” estate tax laws have changed significantly since the time when many of these trusts were created. The problem for irrevocable bypass trusts is that assets in them do not receive the step up basis for laws are actually creating a greater tax burden now and they would be better off without the bypass trusts For example, in blended family situations, the irrevocable bypass trust may be the appropriate solution

  • 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

  • Don’t Be Shy: Talk to Parents About the Future

    It will help alleviate the administrative and emotional burden of caring for them. most important financial issues, decisions and plans to discuss with your parents: Consider a living trust In addition to a will, your family may also benefit from creating a living trust to designate which beneficiaries The difference between a trust and a will is that assets included in a properly-executed living trust A living trust may be a bit more expensive to create than a will, but it will let your parents do wise

  • Create a Revocable Trust to Help You Achieve your Estate Planning Goals

    If your estate plan includes a revocable living trust, start by examining the provisions for potential Also, terms governing how assets in the trust are to be distributed after your death should be reviewed You can do this by adding a “credit shelter” or “bypass” provision to revocable trust documents. However, the trust can’t give him or her unlimited access to the funds. As a result, bypass trusts may no longer be needed to avoid federal estate tax.

  • Taking Care of Your Furry Friends When You Die

    Pet trusts and estate plans can be created to help your pets—along with some other legal options. To set aside some money, you can create a fund inside a trust and have that money managed for the pet Talk to an estate planning attorney about pet trusts and estate planning.

  • 5 Things You Need to Do After Probate is Over

    The process typically begins when the executor or administrator files a petition for probate with the court will then validate the will (if there is one) and appoint an executor (if there is a will) or administrator Once all debts and taxes have been paid, the executor or administrator will distribute the remaining Review the Will and Trust Documents After probate, you should review the will and any trust documents If someone dies intestate (with no will), the probate court will appoint an administrator to oversee

  • Poor Man’s Trusts Approved in California

    home avoid probate—without adding someone to the title while they were still alive—was by creating a trust SimpleRevocableTransferonDeathDeed #Probate #ProbateCourt #Inheritance #PowerofAttorney #HoustonEstatePlanningLawyer #Trusts

  • SPECIAL NEEDS PLANNING 101 | SPECIAL NEEDS LAWYERS IN HOUSTON

    The Special Needs Trust It is not enjoyable to think about how your loved one will continue on without The special needs trust is one of the best tools you can use. – This person will manage the assets of the trust for your loved one’s financial support. · Providing The trust will allow you to lay out those needs, as well as your wishes for him or her. He or she will also help you develop the instructions for the special needs trust and will likely have

  • Saving Money with Online Wills and Trusts can Result in More Expenses in Probate

    Online legal form providers don’t give clients the trust they can foster with an attorney. WillChanges #HoustonWills #Probate #ProbateCourt #Inheritance #PowerofAttorney #HoustonEstatePlanningLawyer #Trusts

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